Podcast 52

Episode 52 In this episode we have three main items … Andy Cole discusses the setting of goals for the West Highland Way Race John Kynaston interviews Jeff Smith who looks after the runners on the Lairig Mor with his mountain rescue team John Kynaston interviews Fiona Rennie as she prepares to run her 10th […]

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Running Awards 2014

We are delighted to hear that the West Highland Way Race has been nominated for the Best Trail Race Award in The Running Awards 2014.  There are just 7 days left until the list of nominees is reduced to a short-list of the top 12, based on the number of votes received. Winners will be

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Training weekend update

There are still a few rooms left for our training weekend at Balmaha. Here are the details pif you want to join us …. The West Highland Way training weekend will take place on Friday 31st January / Saturday 1st February 2014, based at the Oak Tree Inn, Balmaha. This will follow the same format of

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Podcast episode 51

Episode 51 is now available. In this episode there are four items .. Dave Troman’s Training tips 2. Dave and I went for a run on the Gleniffer Braes on Sunday 1st December 2013.  As we ran I recorded our chat about the role of Fartlek or speed work in training for an ultra. Dave

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2014 entry list analysis

The 2014 whw race entries were allocated on Monday 9th December 2013. Race Director Ian Beattie posted this explanation on our facebook page … We have now considered all of the entry applications for the 2014 West Highland Way Race. There were 305 applications in total. Of those, 4 withdrew from consideration prior to the

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