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Category Archives: Pentland Hills National Park

Escape – An emergency day off.

February 13, 2021by Glenn Tait Leave a comment

Lockdown is rubbish eh? I live in Edinburgh, Scotland where we’ve been bound by law to stay within our council boundary since November. Before that, it was asked of us […]

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adventure, Cycling, mountain bike, Pentland Hills, Pentland Hills National Park, Running, Trail Running

10km bog hurdles

March 27, 2016by Glenn Tait 5 Comments

It was one of those runs that you started and wanted it to end straight away. I made 10kms across a bog exploring a part of the Pentlands that Id […]

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Pentland Hills National Park, Running, Trail Running

Finding inspiration with Manflu

February 15, 2016by Glenn Tait 1 Comment

   So I’ve got manflu and everyone should know this. The cold is making my teeth sore which is a new one on me. I’ve been attempting to keep my […]

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Pentland Hills National Park, Running, SwimRun

Unexpected Winter

January 12, 2016by Glenn Tait 7 Comments

I’m cosy in bed. It’s a Saturday after a full week at work, worse, it’s the first full week of work since the Christmas and New Year holidays. Ordinarily I’d […]

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Pentland Hills National Park, Running

Snow run

February 1, 2015by Glenn Tait 4 Comments

I took a run up the Pentlands, a go to place for me. Got lost on one hill with the snow covering the way and I ended up dredging through […]

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Pentland Hills National Park, Running

Nippy butt / glute / piriformis

January 25, 2015by Glenn Tait 3 Comments

I’m not sure what it was, the ice on the pavement changing my gait, the fast 10min threshold intervals, or just a tough session but I ended yesterday’s intervals with […]

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injury, marathon, Pentland Hills National Park, Running

Dreaming of running

September 14, 2013by Glenn Tait Leave a comment

I can’t think of a title for this post. I want to convey my need/want/desire to get running again. I’m just not sure what this post will be about yet […]

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Arthur's Seat, injury, ITBS, Pentland Hills National Park, Running
Cold on day one, me in the borrowed wetsuit!

Open Water Swimming – the first time!

May 26, 2012by Glenn Tait Leave a comment

I guess this was the next step after completing the sprint triathlon. If I was going to proceed to the next level I would need to get out there in […]

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Pentland Hills National Park, Triathlon

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Running and riding. This week was a challenge with wind and wintry conditions but then a cool crisp sunny frosty morning greeted me today. Getting training in and planning.
Mud, glorious mud, except when your tread is worn down.
Worth just getting up and out of bed for #sunrise #corstorphine#hill#edinburgh#hiddenscotland#edinburghlife#edinburghclicks#warm#spring#edinburghphotographer#edinburghbloggers#walk#morningwalk
Stunner of a sunset.
Emergency Day Off. Emergency because I needed some adventure and to get out of the mile radius around my house. So I set off to mountain bike to the Pentlands. The conditions were tough, first time riding in snow. I was glad for the vehicle tracks compacting the snow.
I booked out some time this morning for R&R. The active kind. Heading up to the hills with full winter gear before sunrise or twilight. Head torch, crampons, longs, the works. After getting out the car I immediately took the long trousers off as it was warmer higher up than at my house. And I regretted the beany after a few clicks so that got taken off too. I was glad for the crampons tho and the head torch. As first light dawned in Civil Twilight I took off the head torch and used the low light as my guide through a white land. Making up my route On the fly I decided to go the gentle way up which meant I was able to run. Lots of photo stops and also lots of standing still listening to the silence and the birds warbling. The sunrise was good too.
Happy New Year.
I went through my Instagram looking at the year that’s gone by. Without wanting to sound preachy I chose these 9 as my best 9. Not by the likes cos they’re not my endorsement, but by the picture, the thing I took, the way I tried to frame the photo and also by what I was doing when I took it. The only selfie was when I finished the OKT on the Crossing of Scotland, particularly proud of that. But also some really recent photos of sunrises and sunsets, perhaps they’re still happy in my recent memory. I also didn’t take the picture of me down the pipe but that picture reminded me of a good day out.
It was a sketchy icy run this morning. Probably could have done with some ice studs but I prevailed. Awesome to get some winter running done eventually and to catch the light as it was.
Three and a half hills of Edinburgh. I woke up early, forecast for a snow flurry then cloudless winter sky. My head worked out a route to catch the sunrise in various places. It was going to be an urban run.
I’d been pining for sun, hills, daylight, space, escapism and height. So with a free afternoon at work, I took time out to get outside. The sunset run was worth it.
One of those “I’m glad I bothered” type runs.

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