My backpack was a bit damp at the bottom and I stopped to fix it and empty some water out, maybe too full, leaving about a pint in, somehow it managed to drip itself empty by the top.
Over and under trousers soaked, a biting wind at the top and I gave up on the days run and ran back down, 4 miles, 2000' inside 90 mins. Dried my gear out, re-fuelled and set off for the Glasgow Uni 5 mile road race in the afternoon, good for a road race, a few undulations, I last ran it in 2008. Not as many runners as there used to be, about 160 start, I finish 99th in 36:37.
Sunday and we set off for Arrochar, not quite sure where to go, we decide on the Cobbler and Narnain. Perfect day, cool, sunny with a few clouds about to spice up the views. We zig zag slowly up the tourist path, a bit warm at first then a nice gentle breeze as we clear the treeline on the way towards the Narnain boulders. Thankfully the gradient eases a bit and its a nice run past the Cobbler, we turn up the steppy path at the back, soon slow to a jog walk up the steep steps, its only a few minutes and I'm running again to the beallach between the first two tops. We plod over greasy rocks to the middle top through a flickering mist revealing a faint Brocken Spectre below.
We spend a few minutes taking in the views in the warm sun before running back down and up the airy first top, I stay in the middle away from the precipitous drops, a fogbow sits between us and Narnain.
A few minutes here then we plunge back down beside the steps and up a muddy path to Narnain. Again we come out the clouds near the top, great views all around, mountains popping in and out as the clouds shift around while we take a short rest and photo stop.
Back down Narnain we go towards Beallach A' Mhaim, turning left to pick up the track beside the Allt a' Bhalachain, we take it easy down the twisty trail on tired legs. Super run today, 12 miles, about 5300' in just under 3 1/2 hours. More pictures here.
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