The Fasties
Basking in the sun, the Pentlands beckoned seductively. Four of us set out past Mortonhall and through the woods to Hillend, taking the steep line up Caerketton from the bottom car park. The ascent was accompanied by frequent stops, glorious views and the sweet, heavy scent of gorse in flower. The blast along the ridge to Allermuir into the setting sun was even better. We passed Mike Lynch heading upwards as Steve led the descent to Swanston, bouncing down the hill at warp speed in his rented Hokas and leaving the rest of us trailing. Back by the swiftest way to kb for a pint and a chat. Fantastic run. 11.5m and just under 2000 ft climbing.
Chris Busby
The Social Run
A gloriously still, sunny evening for a Gordon-led run around Holyrood Park. If only the weather was forecast to be similarly clement for the various events this weekend! We bumped into John Hammond at he hurtled over the top of Arthur’s Seat, then made our way back via Craigmillar for refreshments at KB.
Mary Lye
The Easy Run
Fifteen of us ran out to Craigmillar Castle on the very social run and one person (Kirsty, just missing the group) ran in the other direction onto the Braid Hills. Some parts of the Craigmillar run I recognised from Bill’s birthday run on a much colder day in February a couple of years ago, but most of the tracks were new to me. Several of us were trying out Owan’s Hoka (correct spelling, please!) running shoes. The bright pink colour of the shoes I was wearing clashed with my red Carnethy top, but otherwise, they were great to run on the extreme terrain Willie wanted us to try out. We arrived back at KB just before the social group and Kirsty, who had missed us by a few minutes at the start. Thanks to Willie for leading a great run.
Margaret Forrest