Ben Alligan and Glensheil

Tromso Training weekend and off I went to Torridon to start with. I was looking for a short run for Friday evening and picked Ben Alligan as I'd never done it although I'm familiar with the area having done Ben Eighe its neighbour.
Beautiful night, warm no wind. I was trying new poles for Tromso and Glencoe later in the year. Leki Micro Trails with trigger shark gloves. These are brilliant, super light and very strong carbon. I found they really helped on the climbs..

Endless swim/run opportunities!

#mountainfuel

Total route 13kms/500mtrs.



Glensheil North side

Saturday I was originally going to swim the Celtman swim route and then do some biking but the weather forecast changed and I decided last minute to move south to Glensheil to do the full north side of the road. 45kms and 4000mtrs..  However I din't start until midday after the drive and some faffing looking for the start..






The first few kms were tough going as I missed the path up onto the ridge and ended up ploughing through ferns, thick forest and generally very difficult ground. Once up ontot he ridge I had spells of great flowing running.

The only folk I saw all day were a really nice older couple bizarrely from Aberdeen who were doing a couple of the munros and we chatted for ages before I carried on. I met them again at night in the pub! Drunkards!

I made a couple of nav mistakes which cost me some time and also some extra climbing. By the time I got to the furthest point it was 5pm and I still had half of the ridge to do and arguably the most technical. This is where I had to re think the route and after some deliberating I decided I would run out of time and possibly light so I decided to bail..

I chose to run out the Kintail way which was amazing running on a good path. The finished route was a good bit shorter than I planned but still good blast.

Total route 37kms/3000mtrs..

I stayed at the local campsite and cycled to the pub at night for food and to blow the froth off a couple! Shabba!