7.30 run – With last Wednesday being rather flat, I decided to try to be a bit more adventurous this Wednesday. We headed up to the Observatory and then ran round the north side to give a good climb to the summit. As Paul and Euan were in Mountain Marathon training I then put in a stream crossing in The Hermitage, although a lot of Wooses took the long way round across the bridge. Then up the muddy slope out of The Hermitage and over to the summit of Braids, before golf coursing a circuit back to the Blackford Quarry via a nice slippy descent. A quick Dash across Craigmillar Park Golf Course took us home in just over the hour and 4.4 miles! Willie Gibson |
The 7pm social run to Arthur’s Seat |
Five for the faster run with new member Andy joining Jim, Neil, Bruce and me. Strengthened by his weekend coast run Jim led the way up Blackford into a headwind before we continued onward to Braidburn Park, Swanston and a muddier than expected Pentland Hills. The ascent of Allermuir got the legs working with only a brief rest stop halfway up to admire the flares being released by the military as they conducted night exercises below.With Neil giving the directions we headed north along a trod, encountering slippy snow on slipperier mud just prior to crossing the bypass near Dreghorn barracks. Back to KB by the quickest route we could find with the steps up toward Blackford a final challenge for those with tired legs. 16.7k and 500m climbing in new money, 10.5 miles/1600ft in old. Chris Busby |