Classic Hill Runs - Steven Fallon
Thanks to the Run4It footwear guru Steve Wales for providing us with this little gem which we missed when first released back in December, 2009. Steven Fallon is a hill runner and racer of repute, with regular Vet category prizes north of the Border – and has completed an amazing 14 Munro Rounds!
In his pocket ‘manual’ titled Classic Hill Runs and Races in Scotland (ISBN: 978-1-9070250-6-8) Steven picks 35 races and 35 training runs, from across the Highlands and Islands.
Its mini-size is perfect to carry in your day pack, or to lay on the coffee table to browse or plan your next attack on the waiting hills. At 192 pages it is comprehensive, yet brief enough to give the runner an overview as he or she beds down in the bothy the night before a foray in the hills.
With introduction pages on footwear and kit selection, mountain running craft, racing rules, definitions and regulations and nutrition when on the hill. Each chapter has warm-up routes and races for novice hill runners and then “progresses to epic adventures designed to challenge even the hardiest of hill runners.” (Walking Scotland), and Scottish Hill Runners describe it as “Essential reading for all abilities”.
Beautifully put together, this little book is an absolute must for anyone planning on spending any significant time running in the Scottish hills…
Buy it now from Cordee and all major book outlets.
SRP: £10
