{"id":1237,"date":"2012-04-28T22:11:38","date_gmt":"2012-04-28T21:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=1237"},"modified":"2012-04-28T22:12:31","modified_gmt":"2012-04-28T21:12:31","slug":"hill-running-bac-an-eich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/2012\/04\/28\/hill-running-bac-an-eich\/","title":{"rendered":"Hill running – Bac an Eich"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Alex (left) and Jonathan on the approach to Sgurr Toll Lochain on the summit ridge of the snow-capped Bac an Eich.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I had my first real experience of hill running today, when I was taken up Bac an Eich in Strathconon by a couple of guys from the Highland Hill Runners. It’s a hill I’ve had my eye on for some time so it was great to get the chance to go up there, and on such a fantastic day. <\/p>\n

The picture really shows off the shape of the hill well. We were at the summit within an hour-and-a-half of setting off and back home by lunch time – not my usual day on the hill!
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There were incredible views of the Strathfarrar Munros, among many other visible summits, including Sgurr Mor and Sgurr nan Clach Geala in the Fannichs.<\/p>\n

A fine day out and I quite fancy another go at this hill running malarkey! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I had my first real experience of hill running today, when I was taken up Bac an Eich in Strathconon by a couple of guys from the Highland Hill Runners. It’s a hill I’ve had my eye on for some time so it was great to get the chance to go up there, and on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[11,65,8,50,5,60],"class_list":["post-1237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-highlands","tag-mountain","tag-route","tag-run","tag-running","tag-scotland"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5M0xs-jX","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1820,"url":"https:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/2014\/05\/26\/trail-running-in-the-sun-and-rain\/","url_meta":{"origin":1237,"position":0},"title":"Trail running in the sun – and rain","author":"John Davidson","date":"May 26, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The joy of running is so much greater when you can escape the city streets and explore trails, whether they be gentle countryside paths or serious hill routes. 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