

The only club runner at the Beith New Year's Day Road Race was David Mitchell who won the first vet prize. Well done, the first of many in 2009, I hope. A final piece of New Year advice - when asked whether it was better to breathe through your nose or your mouth when running, Alex Naylor (the Big Daddy of endurance coaching in Scotland) once said - "Son, you breathe through every orifice in your body!"