A Stark Contrast
Another South By Five race weekend and another new route. Some sort of “artic bomb” as the click bait press would call it, led to a very late change to the route last year. The snow and ice lending a seasonal magic atmosphere to the race, with declarations of the route being better than the standard route. At nearly three laps, it was a bit too lappy for Alex, so he set about taking the […]
Brutal B*stard
Another new route. Judging by the in race feedback it wasn’t a good change. Type 2 fun was promised prior to the event. And type 2 fun it was. And it didn’t even take that long for in-race offences to change to finish line compliments! Bastard brutal A post race Strava trawl had many “brutal” comments, mostly related to the route change. Mostly related to the new hill in the new route. Now known affectionately […]
Migo Mile – The Birthday Bash
Happy Birthday The Migo Mile is taking place on Sunday 24th November to celebrate the 15th birthday of Migo Sports. All proceeds are to be donated to Migo Sports nominated charity, The Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice, located in Bellahouston Park. Route Event sponsor Migo Sports are offering a £50 voucher for the course record……fastest male, female and non-binary contested categories. There will also be some spot prizes throughout the field for the less speedy amongst […]
“No bad”
With the dust barely settling on the Duncan Macfarlane Race, download were done, route tweaks completed and volunteers organised for another event. Who can believe it’s been twelve months since South By Five began, and here we are again. As a wee reminder Facebook pushed up a memory – Alex pounding up those steps at Queens Park before heading to the finish line of the South Side Six. It was what transpired to be the […]
Spring forward at the Dunky
The clocks may have gone backwards, but the runners certainly sprung forward off the start line of the 2024 Duncan Macfarlane Race. Everyone enjoyed their extra hour in bed, here at Acorn HQ, we were up spritely to pack the car, and squeeze in some last minute race admin! Printer issues. Why don’t printers ever work when you need them to? Michelle had activated her weather machine and once again defied the forecast to have […]
Yellow is the new black
Course marking on Saturday was windy! We left Stranraer and headed south towards the start in Sandhead. Signage was strapped in with a wee wing and a prayer that it would last to the race start! The beach at Luce Bay was stunning, the sun shone, we met our tail runner and we got pebble dashed! Streams of sand slivered over the beach round and about us. Beautiful! And some hilarity with a blow away […]
Hilly and hot – RGTR ’24 report and results
“Hilly and hot”, not exactly how we advertised this event. Especially the hot bit. You can’t really advertise an event in Scotland as hot. But with the thermometer tipping over 20° before the race finished, I think it’s safe enough to call it hot. For Scotland. Now hilly is as relative as hot! If you spend your time running along the Clyde Walkway, Rouken Glen would definitely be called hilly. The race does take in […]
Toot Suite
Toota-Linn 2024 – report and results We’ve done Toota-Linn before. Not as Acorn Trails, but we rallied Glasgow South Road Runners into creating an event for the, now defunct Tour of Clydeside, for which Alex helped organise alongside it’s mastermind Robert Rogerson. The Kirkintilloch Olympian legend was Alex’s inspiration to stepping into the world of race organiser. Lots to thank him for! The original Toota-Linn in 2019 is marked in Linn Park as part of […]
Toota-Linn race brief 2024
TootaLinn Race Brief When: Friday 21st June, 18.30 Where: Linn park, Glasgow W3W: ///pigs.cried.pizza What: Approximately 8km of multi terrain running within Linn Park Registration: Seil Drive entrance to the park. This is at the junction of Old Castle Road, Seil Drive and Linnview Avenue. Registration will be open from 17.30 – 18.15. There will be no entry on the day. Parking/Arriving: There is some parking is local streets pbut please respect the local residents. […]
Linn Park Trail Race report and results 2024
Pigs in sh*t Everyone thought our trail race in Pollok Park last month was a bit muddy. Linn Park got wind of this and said “hold my beer….”! The Linn Park Trail Race 2024 edition had enough mud to keep a team of pigs happy! By the time the runners crossed the finish line some of them resembled the proverbial pig! Smiles all round. Recent levels of rainfall meant even the dry bits of the […]