SPECIALITY

Multiday trail ultra marathons – Cape Wrath Ultra & Dragons Back Race

STOMPING GROUND

Trossachs and Southern Highlands

FAVOURITE ROUTE

The Cape Wrath Trail

FAVOURITE RACE

The Cape Wrath Ultra – sadly no longer running, but it shaped a decade of my racing.

FAVOURITE KIT

Sonic Smock – light enough to forget you’re wearing it, tough enough for a Scottish summer.

PROUDEST MOMENTS

Winning the Cape Wrath Ultra in 2025 as a vet 50; nine years after winning the inaugural race in 2016. Alongside that, winning the Dragons Back in 2017, and then coaching several winners and many finishers of both races since.

WHAT'S NEXT

Lairig Ghru hill race in June

The Highland Fling in August

The OMM

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Why I run:

I run because wild places are where I disconnect from the constant noise of modern life and my mind stops carrying things, and for however long I am out for, I get to be as free as the things living there. With over 35 years of running, now over 50 years old, I'm not bored of training and still getting on the podium of races, which is probably down to listening to my body, embracing the easy days, and treating the racing as a bonus.