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West Highland Way Race

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STOOSH 18 Jun 9:00pm, 18 Jun 2025 3,616 posts	Quote Pin STOOSH Cheers, running it with my friend who's always crewed me since we both got offered a place ( i was originally just going to crew). I just hope he's planning on taking it easy as I've got lakeland 100 5weeks after 😉
HappyG(rrr) 20 Jun 2:21pm, 20 Jun 2025 53,133 posts	Quote Pin HappyG(rrr) Excitement and posts building on WHW Family Facebook page. Good luck everyone involved! It's gonna be a scorcher! G
HappyG(rrr) 22 Jun 10:19pm, 22 Jun 2025 53,138 posts	Quote Pin HappyG(rrr) Well that was brilliant, tough and bonkers in equal measures. 25C plus flday, still 20C plus at night, then thunder and lightning for runners after 26 hours and torrential driving rain. 25% plus DNF rate. Many congrats to all those who got their goblet, kudos to those who toed the line and respect for all support crews and marshals. Do it all again next year?! G
STOOSH 23 Jun 8:55am, 23 Jun 2025 3,619 posts	Quote Pin STOOSH I was one of the 25% this year. Pulled the plug at glencoe after not being able to hold down any food or water for a couple of hours. I don't fair greatly in the heat and possibly suffered from a bit of heat exhaustion. My friend also dnf'd at glencoe but he was in a much worse condition than I
K5 Gus 23 Jun 9:05am, 23 Jun 2025 6,494 posts	Quote Pin K5 Gus That's tough Stoosh, you were all so unlucky with the weather, I was out for a long'ish trail run yesterday, and it was rain showers and 13/14C - perfect ! Hopefully conditions will be a lot better for Lakeland
STOOSH 23 Jun 9:34am, 23 Jun 2025 3,620 posts	Quote Pin STOOSH Unfortunately we don't get exposure to this kind of heat very often in Scotland and heat/sauna training could be done during the training block but normally wouldn't be required. I'll just dust myself down now and move on to Lakeland.
HappyG(rrr) 23 Jun 9:45am, 23 Jun 2025 53,141 posts	Quote Pin HappyG(rrr) We were trying to work out where you'd got to on tracker and at prize giving, but worked out you'd sadly had to stop. Honestly, running in that heat must have been horrible. Muchos respect for all the effort you put in. Good luck at Lakeland. G
STOOSH 23 Jun 12:54pm, 23 Jun 2025 3,621 posts	Quote Pin STOOSH Didn't make it to the presentation as wetherspoons breakfast service wasn't sharp. Hope you enjoyed your role this year 😀G
LouLou 23 Jun 9:59pm, 23 Jun 2025 7,728 posts	Quote Pin LouLou G - I think I walked past you in Tyndrum! You were (unsurprisingly) chatting to someone. Conditions brutal for running/ sustained exertion in heat. Definite signs of heat exhaustion in stoosh and his friend. And the flippin’ midges have savaged my only exposed skin at glencoe (not to distract from the performance of my OH) !!
HappyG(rrr) 24 Jun 8:58am, 24 Jun 2025 53,144 posts	Quote Pin HappyG(rrr) LouLou wrote:G - I think I walked past you in Tyndrum! You were (unsurprisingly) chatting to someone. Conditions brutal for running/ sustained exertion in heat. Definite signs of heat exhaustion in stoosh and his friend. And the flippin’ midges have savaged my only exposed skin at glencoe (not to distract from the performance of my OH) !! Awww Lou, sorry I didn't see you and get to say hi. Stoo was probably not impressed that I was asking him where we'd see you rather than complimenting him on his athletic prowess! Agree, tough day for runners. No consolation that it was lovely for marshals (except for midge hell of course, usual West Highland fun!) Hope to see you at an event somewhere, sometime. G