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Escape – An emergency day off.

February 13, 2021by Glenn Tait Leave a comment

Lockdown is rubbish eh? I live in Edinburgh, Scotland where we’ve been bound by law to stay within our council boundary since November. Before that, it was asked of us […]

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adventure, Cycling, mountain bike, Pentland Hills, Pentland Hills National Park, Running, Trail Running

Adventure reflections 2020

January 2, 2021by Glenn Tait Leave a comment

I made a montage of my favourite adventures in 2020. Pictures and videos showing awesome places to run, swim and ride in Edinburgh and Scotland.

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Running

Easy East Lothian

October 6, 2020by Glenn Tait Leave a comment

A day off timed right with October sunshine saw me head to East Lothian. I was dead chuffed with this route. It seemed to have everything. Forest, beach, hills, open […]

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Running

Through the Lairig Ghru

September 12, 2020by Glenn Tait Leave a comment

It sounds so grand, doesn’t it. Hard to work out how to pronounce I guess. La-Rig Gr-roo or something like that. It sounds better in a Scots accent than my […]

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adventure, Running

Running The Cateran Trail

September 9, 2020by Glenn Tait Leave a comment

We’re half way, or so we thought, as Ian and I were sitting on a bench in the warm sun in Altyh we were contemplating the reasons why we’d chosen […]

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adventure, Running, Trail Running, Ultramarathon

Glen Tilt to Linn of Dee

September 7, 2020by Glenn Tait Leave a comment

It’s been 12 years since I last came here, our plan then was to hike half way to Braemar, camp and then hike out the next day. It’s a popular […]

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Running

Scotland Coast to Coast

August 19, 2020by Glenn Tait 2 Comments

The forecast was for mist in the morning and cloudy at lunchtime with a Yellow weather warning for heavy rain from 1pm. It’s 8am and I’m at Ardgay on the […]

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Cape Wrath Ultra, Running, Trail Running, Ultramarathon

Strava PRs…

January 22, 2020by Glenn Tait Leave a comment

Me, like quite a lot of runners and cyclists are on Strava. I’ve been on it since the early days, I can’t remember when but I remember when that was […]

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Running

North Isle of Mull in Winter

January 19, 2020by Glenn Tait Leave a comment

North Mull We spent Hogmanay on the Isle of Mull. A winter retreat to a remote part of the country. Not too remote, we stayed in Tobermory, a relatively busy […]

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adventure, Cycling, Holiday, Running, Swim

Heightened senses returning to running

September 28, 2019by Glenn Tait 1 Comment

Returning from injury is always done tentatively. Do you risk it? Stepping out the door my senses were sharp, feeling everything. My toes, my metatarsals, my knees, everything. Every ache, […]

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Stunner of a sunset.
Emergency Day Off. Emergency because I needed some adventure and to get out of the mile radius around my house. So I set off to mountain bike to the Pentlands. The conditions were tough, first time riding in snow. I was glad for the vehicle tracks compacting the snow.
I booked out some time this morning for R&R. The active kind. Heading up to the hills with full winter gear before sunrise or twilight. Head torch, crampons, longs, the works. After getting out the car I immediately took the long trousers off as it was warmer higher up than at my house. And I regretted the beany after a few clicks so that got taken off too. I was glad for the crampons tho and the head torch. As first light dawned in Civil Twilight I took off the head torch and used the low light as my guide through a white land. Making up my route On the fly I decided to go the gentle way up which meant I was able to run. Lots of photo stops and also lots of standing still listening to the silence and the birds warbling. The sunrise was good too.
Happy New Year.
I went through my Instagram looking at the year that’s gone by. Without wanting to sound preachy I chose these 9 as my best 9. Not by the likes cos they’re not my endorsement, but by the picture, the thing I took, the way I tried to frame the photo and also by what I was doing when I took it. The only selfie was when I finished the OKT on the Crossing of Scotland, particularly proud of that. But also some really recent photos of sunrises and sunsets, perhaps they’re still happy in my recent memory. I also didn’t take the picture of me down the pipe but that picture reminded me of a good day out.
It was a sketchy icy run this morning. Probably could have done with some ice studs but I prevailed. Awesome to get some winter running done eventually and to catch the light as it was.
Three and a half hills of Edinburgh. I woke up early, forecast for a snow flurry then cloudless winter sky. My head worked out a route to catch the sunrise in various places. It was going to be an urban run.
I’d been pining for sun, hills, daylight, space, escapism and height. So with a free afternoon at work, I took time out to get outside. The sunset run was worth it.
One of those “I’m glad I bothered” type runs.
I notice that if I have a morning walk, I’m more productive at work and have a clearer head. Working from home is great but I’m not moving about as much and even the running has been limited. I definitely need to get better at going outside and moving more often during the day. Yesterday I even did laps of the kitchen island just to move more.
Morning

My posts

  • Escape – An emergency day off.
  • Adventure reflections 2020
  • Running Scotland Coast to Coast – Video
  • Easy East Lothian
  • Garmin and it’s lies 🤷‍♂️

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