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West Highland Way Race

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halfpint Jun 2024 8:47pm, 20 Jun 2024 41,346 posts	Quote Pin halfpint Best of luck to runners and support crews alike.
geordiegirl Jun 2024 8:58pm, 20 Jun 2024 22,728 posts	Quote Pin geordiegirl Ohhh yes good luck one and all still high on my bucket list. Good luck MrsShanski
mrs shanksi Jun 2024 9:02pm, 20 Jun 2024 16,175 posts	Quote Pin mrs shanksi Thank you all for the good luck wishes! 😘 Final packing happening here.
Ally-C Jun 2024 8:19am, 23 Jun 2024 5,837 posts	Quote Pin Ally-C Sensational stuff from Becky Hay after recent events. Great effort from Sandy Orr too. Our friends are still making a gallant effort with Patricia Littlechild who made an earlier checkpoint by 10 seconds apparently.
halfpint Jun 2024 9:52am, 23 Jun 2024 41,354 posts	Quote Pin halfpint Any word on MrsS?
geordiegirl Jun 2024 10:17am, 23 Jun 2024 22,754 posts	Quote Pin geordiegirl I’ve just had a look
geordiegirl Jun 2024 10:18am, 23 Jun 2024 22,755 posts	Quote Pin geordiegirl Link to the tracker geotracks.co.uk
mrs shanksi Jun 2024 10:39am, 23 Jun 2024 16,180 posts	Quote Pin mrs shanksi I pulled out at Auchtertyre. I think I knew quite early on that I wasn't feeling good and I was later than previously to the Balmaha checkpoint (19 miles), and the next section is the lochside which is technical and therefore I was slow. I was still running and and to bomb it to make the Bein Glas checkpoint (41 miles) with 15 minutes to spare. This made me feel faint and so I was ages recovering there. I thought I would miss the cut off at Auchtertyre but I made it, but I had already decided to pull out. There was a fatal RTC near Altnafeidh and my crew had been told that the road was closed so they were trying to work out if any of them could manage 45 miles with me, also carrying everything we'd need! So it was an easy decision in the end. It was lovely to see so many friends though, and I am chuffed that Laura who I was in the sweep team with last year and ran some of it with yesterday is going to get her goblet.
mrs shanksi Jun 2024 10:42am, 23 Jun 2024 16,181 posts	Quote Pin mrs shanksi Think I'm going to stick with parkruns and Munros 😀
geordiegirl Jun 2024 10:44am, 23 Jun 2024 22,756 posts	Quote Pin geordiegirl Sounds like a challenging day well done for what you achieved.