Ruby Young 5K 12/06/11

One step forward,two steps back etc etc.....another virus meant losing a weeks training so had only been back running a few days before this race and wasnt feeling 100%. So this was as tough as i expected .Lots of ups and downs made it hard to get into a rythmn and my legs felt heavy and tired.Had Pat from the club not far in front of me most of the way and finished 6th to his 5th ,with a time of 17.50ish. Photo by Kenny Phillips

Land O' Burns 10k 25/05/11

Finished 3rd in 35.21.Went through 5k in 19mins and thought i was having a nightmare.Turned out the kilometer markers were out(phew!) .Wet and windy night so all in all not a bad run considering i ran most of it on my own. Photos by Kenny Phillips

Ormidale10k - Arran 17/04/11

After losing a few weeks with the flu i was just happy to get a race in and feel reasonably strong (if not fast!) Great conditions ,warm with a breeze.Finished 1st in 35.30 .Hopefully take a bit of time off that over the next few races

West District XC Cumnock 1996 Video

More Sky Scottish footage ,this time from Dec 1996 .Brian craig ,Colin Miller and Jim Stevenson shown climbing one of the hellish hills.Think i finished 9th and just scraped into the West team for the Inter-Counties the following month.

Edinburgh to Glasgow 1996 Video

This Footage of the E2G was filmed by ,the short lived ,Sky Scottish Channel back in 1996.Colin Miller ,Myself and Jim Stevenson can be spotted( slo-mo change over between Jim and i on legs 3 and 4!)

Irvine got back into the E2G in 1992 after a 35 year absence and made the 20 team line up from then til the race was scrapped .After a baptism of fire in the 92 race we steadily got better (or did everyone else get worse?)year after year

Scottish Veterans Road Relay 30th Jan 2011

Well what a way to start life in Veterans athletics! 3 weeks after my 40th birthday i ran as part of the relay team at the Scottish vets road relay .After George's fine first leg i ran 2nd and felt better than i thought i would after only 3 weeks proper training .At the end of my leg we were sitting 4th before David blitzed round the 3rd leg in the fastest time of the day.Alex had another great run on the last leg to hold the lead and win us the title.