As many of you will be aware it's that time of year again when two hundred or so daft souls will attempt to run, walk and crawl all the way from Glasgow to Fort William. I have added a link below to the live race tracker which should enable you, should you so wish, to track the progress this year of no less than five Calderglen harriers.
Race numbers are;
Ruth - 97
Ian - 159
Jim -137
Me - 31
Simultaneously Joanne McEvoy will once again be running the 17.5 mile
leg from Tyndrum to Glencoe as part of team number 363, East Kilbride
Ladies, in the Midsummer Highland Relay. I don't think individuals can
be tracked but the team can and her race starts at midday on
Saturday.
We are extremely lucky to have great support teams behind us, without
whom we would never get to the finish. These include harriers Hugh
Simpson, Gordon McInally, Gerry and Michael Mullen, Frances and George
Ferguson and, tackling distances way out of his comfort zone, George
Stewart. Other halves just as heavily involved are Alison, Angela, Liz
and Kevin and completing the list are Elaine, a colleague of Jim's with
her other half Ramsay plus Gerry's good pal Davie Gray, twice a top-ten
finisher of this race. A stellar line up of fourteen people supporting
just four of us, showing that this race, perhaps above all others,
is very, very much a team effort.
Apologies are due in advance to Alan for those of us who fail to make the starting line for the Chatelherault World Championship on Monday night!
West Highland Way Race live tracker
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Go harriers
Best wishes to you all, runners and support crews alike. I shall track you online and try to see you round about Criainlarich, all being well.
ps is there any truth in the rumour that support crew member George Stewart has his own support crew in the shape of High?
Alan
That last name should be HUGH not High. Blooming auto correct!
Alan, a (very) rough estimate for Ruth, Jim and I reaching the big gate above Crianlarich would be somewhere between 12:30 and 13:30 and Ian considerably earlier. All times subject to change of course!
Your post causes me to shiver to the bone Davie. The training, the planning, the entering and the facing up to the challenge is simply admirable. We've talked before about this - in that we all do this running malarkey for all of own reasons but what you guys are doing this weekend is truly admirable - wishing you, Jim, Ruth and Ian (and off course Joanne) all the very best for another brilliant experience. M
Well done all of you for just getting to the start line. My workmate and good pal Cameron Kennedy is also doing it & I know from him how much work he has put in over the last two years just to feel ready on the start line. Unbelievable dedication. Best of luck to all.
Martin
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