Altra West Highland Way, ULTRA Training and Inspiration Evening Monday 8 th March 2021 7.00pm-8.30pm(ish) FREE via Zoom link. Our usual evening in Scotland is going virtual this year. An annual informal evening of Ultra running advice and inspiration for anyone or their support crew tackling this iconic epic challenge for the first or tenth […]
On Wednesday 26th February 2020 around 100 people attended our annual ‘Inspiration Evening’ organised by Adrian Stott at Stirling. Here are the videos of the 5 sessions Session One – 33mins 19sec Adrian Stott and John Kynaston interviewed Female course record holder Lucy Colquhoun Session Two – 10mins 21sec Matt Bond gave an introduction to […]
Training Inspiration Night – Wednesday 26th February 2020 STIRLING Wednesday 26th February 2020 7:00pm – 9:00pm Tollbooth Arts Centre, Jail Wynd, Stirling FK8 1DE £5 An annual informal evening of advice and inspiration. This evening is for anyone – or their support crew – tackling this iconic 95-mile challenge, for the first or tenth time. Also […]
We had over 70 runners for our Training Run on Saturday 25th January 2020. A good number of runners ran the full 30 miles from Balmaha to Inversnaid and back while others opted to turn earlier. Race Director, Ian Beattie, whose birthday was on the Friday wrote A big thank you to everyone for all […]
Just a reminder that this Saturday (25th January 2020) sees the Altra West Highland Way training weekend run. The plan is to meet outside the Oak Tree Inn in Balmaha at around 9.45am, for a 10.00am (prompt) start. The full run is an out and back along the West Highland Way to Inversnaid, which is […]
Our annual training and Inspiration night of inspiring talks and chat is on Wednesday 27th February at 7pm at the usual venue at the Tollbooth Arts centre, Jail Wynd, Stirling FK8 1DE. Great line up of speakers including last years winners David McLure and Nicola Adams-Henry, together with Jamie Aarons & Norma Bone. Plus James Stewart too. Inspiration for first […]
On Tuesday 16th January 2018 about 60 people braved the poor weather and made their way to Stirling for our Inspiration Night. There were three main items which everyone seemed to really enjoy and benefit from. We recorded all the talks and they are now available in two ways. Podcast #124 – on this website […]
On my personal blog I have started a series of vblogs called LOVEultras were I have been sharing my thoughts on ultra running. For the latest episode I have shared my 5 top tips for running the West Highland Way race. I hope you find it helpful. John Kynaston
This is a pace and splits calculator for the 95 mile West Highland Way ultramarathon, running the full length of this iconic trail, from Glasgow (Milngavie) to Fort William in the Scottish Highlands that was put together by climbers.net It is a great tool for giving you and your support team an idea of expected […]
We had an excellent Training weekend at the Oak Tree, Balmaha. On Saturday 28th January 2017 about 50 runners ran various distances from Balmaha to Inversnaid. Thanks to everyone who came and a special thanks to the Oak Tree for hosting us!A short video of our training run on Saturday 28th January 2017.