Back on Track

The training is back on track. A couple of weeks ago when Sara was nursing herself back from a bout of laryngitis, I was nursing a knee injury, probably due to pushing myself too hard too soon. A couple of visits to the physio and a few easy runs have helped me get back into running from a lost couple of weeks training.
Recently we spent the weekend north of Inverness staying with Sara's mum and John. We enjoyed a mountain bike ride around at the newly opened Learnie Red Rocks.
Friday where we did a run up Tain hill taking Skipper for along for the ride. Followed with a sunny barbeque enjoying the views over the Dornoch firth.

The rest of the weekend was more relaxed as we met up with Sara's dad at Culloden battle ground where in 1746 the last great battle was fought between the Jacobites and The Duke of Cumberlands government army, definitely worth a visit if your in the area.
Were now pushing the distances and with a good run to Doune and back today. Tomorrow were on the bikes for a ride around Aberfoyle.

So i can firmly say we are back on track with the training plan and i just hope the knee holds up.

This is another fine mess I've gotten myself into

.. well I know I probably said this the last time but I'm not entirely sure how I've ended up in this race again. It's nearly 3 years since this picture was taken of the family team finishing and alot has changed since then. I've moved back to Scotland with my partner Colin and, though I still do alot of hills and climbing at the weekends, I have kind of let the running and cycling take a back seat whilst I've been commuting to London from Stirlingshire! With that in mind - I wouldn't say Im at my peak fitness. So how did it happen? Well my brother Martin sent off the application form saying they may be short of someone, and at the time there was at least 3 or 4 of us saying "sure - no worries - we wont let the side down"; so when I got back from our ski holiday in March to a text message saying "you're in" my first reaction was to hide!! Never the less I'm slowly coming around to the idea and a few tentative runs have shown that I'm fitter than I should be, if not as fit as I need to be - which is alot better than not being fit atall. Now, I just need to see if I can still ride that bike :O)