DUO COMPLETE GRUELLING RACE.

Lothian Running Club veteran duo Jim Alexander and Alan Robertson spent an exhausting weekend taking part in the gruelling West Highland Way Race.

Essentially the object of the West Highland Way Race is simple. You start at Milngavie Railway Station (7 miles north of Glasgow) at 1am on Saturday & run/jog/walk to Fort William Leisure Centre by noon on the Sunday with 35 hours to cover 95 miles including 14,760ft of ascent.

Both have contested the race before so they knew what was ahead of them. After 27 hours 04 minutes and 21 seconds Alan crossed the finish line in 67th place, Jim followed in 81st in 28 hours 38 minutes 09 seconds, which was a PB by a mere 15 minutes.
A total of 173 runners set off from Milngavie at 1am on Saturday, and ultimately 119 finished within the 35-hour race time limit. The larger than usual dropout rate was mainly down to the inclement weather. It rained non-stop for the first 12 hours of the race.