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Ian Dempster, Muir of Ord jogscotland

Brrrr...hasn't it just got chilly!

When jogscotland contacted me to ask if I would road test items of clothing for an article for Stride magazine, my first reaction was to wonder, 'Why me?' and my next reaction was to look out a back number of Stride to read a previous Road Test article. Karen McCall's write-up in the Spring edition was the 'beginner's angle', so perhaps jogscotland were looking for an 'oldie's angle' this time!...

When jogscotland decided that they needed a beginner to trial some kit and came to me, I was flattered - I had always considered myself to be at the level below beginner! My mission was to test Puma's Magnetist running shoe. How hard could it be?!

Kenny Herriot, a professional wheelchair athlete sponsored by Run4it has now completed his challenge of cycling across America. Kenny is the first Scot to cycle from San Francisco to New York, a gruelling journey totalling 3,500 miles over 6 weeks.

Held on Saturday 20th June Old Meldrum's 5 Miler and 1 mile kids fun run was a great success. The winners of the 5 miler were first male (super veteran) - Frankie Barton in 30:29 and...

Without them where would we be? Well the answer to that question, in my case, is anybody’s guess! I have all the sense of direction of a...