Cycling the Hebrides: Day 6 Harris
Yesterday’s commotion on the boat led to us eating a rather sedate breakfast though enough to fuel the 30 odd Kms we needed to do to catch the ferry to […]
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Cycling the Hebrides: Day 5 St Kilda
Day 5 St Kilda – cycled to the ferry only I clung onto the bench with one hand, getting sprayed by waves breaking on the boat, cup clenched with the […]
Cycling the Hebrides: Day 4 – Benbecula to Leverburgh
Day 4 Benbecula to Leverburgh, South Harris. The B&B we stayed here was basic but welcoming. The same was for the breakfast and seemed we were spoilt the previous days. […]
Cycling the Hebrides: Day 3. South Uist to Benbecula
The day started with what can only be described as a feast. The b&b lady served up a fantastic breakfast. Everything had been thought of including tooth picks. There was […]
Cycling the Hebrides: Day 2 – Hebridean Odyssey – Barra to S.Uist
Day 2 Barra to South Uist The hostel doesn’t do breakfast so we munched on pancakes and Nutella spread we’d bought from the Co-op the night before. This wasn’t exactly […]
Weekend training boost
8 weeks until Aberfeldy Middle Distance Triathlon and I am gearing up for a more focused training strategy than the one I’ve been ‘following’ until now. Training just seems to be […]
The Slateman 2014
Spontaneity is fantastic. Not only does it give you a buzz, but it also means for people like me, no time to worry. Hakuna Matata was my phrase for this […]
A weekend of pushing barriers
After returning from holiday I’d steadily got back into the swing of regular exercise. Starting slowly I eased myself into a run a swim and a commute by bike to […]
A pain in the tooth!
Of all things to disrupt my come back to exerciser extraordinaire (too much?) was tooth pain. Tooth pain has been plaguing me for months. It nearly derailed my ironman effort […]
Have I left triathlon behind?
The short answer is yes The long answer is no, not really. There is no denying that my favourite discipline is running. It is this that got me to be […]
Run Spud Run! 