A dry but windy evening saw 12 Westies lining up at Blanefield Monument for the 3rd annual Dumgoyne Handicap. Expert handicapper Jenny constantly shuffled the times until finally all the runners were off. First back in the impressively fast time of 46:44 was John Donnelly. Nige and I scored a dead heat with 43:23 as the fastest time of the evening, despite setting off a minute apart. Elsie recorded a new ladies record of 54:47.
NHS Direct on Gout | BUPA on Gout
My running activities have been brought to a crashing halt by a sudden and excrutiatingly painful attack of gout. I've never had anything like this before, and it came completely out of the blue on Monday with a slightly sore right foot, feeling like a trapped nerve. But by Tuesday night the pain was unbelievable, and my foot became so inflamed so that I couldn't weightbear or bend my toes.
Hopefully it won't last too long.
