Jo, Jim and mine first middle distance triathlon, 1 1/4 mile (m) swim 56 m bike and 13.1 m run. We all finished Jo was the quickest of us 3, finishing in just over 6 hours, with Jim and I not far behind. We all enjoyed the experience, it was hard, and we all hurt afterwards, but it was a great sense of achievement crossing the finishing line.
Running 26 marathons one for each letter of the alphabet is the challenge, in Memory of my brother Ian pictured above. Who died after a three year fight with a brain tumour which is why I am raising money for thebraintumourcharity.org the challenge has been tough with injuries and having children,twin boys born August 2015 it has become an even bigger challenge than I first envisaged. If you would like to Donate please Click on link below Thank you for visiting my blog.
Tuesday, 27 September 2011
Wednesday, 14 September 2011
Chippenham Half Marathon
Jo and I ran the Chippenham half marthon on Sunday 11th September, Jo ran brilliantly, my back went again, but I have not yet pulled out of an event, so I continued and managed to finish in 1 hour 55 mins, I went straight to the free Osteopaths, my back is starting to worry me, it will mean no running for some time, well at least until I can stand up straight.
There has also been a change for my stag do. It will now be in Bristol on the weekend of the 5th & 6th November. I will still be running the Mablethorpe marathon on the 2nd October, back permitting.
There has also been a change for my stag do. It will now be in Bristol on the weekend of the 5th & 6th November. I will still be running the Mablethorpe marathon on the 2nd October, back permitting.
Thursday, 8 September 2011
Tuesday, 6 September 2011
An eventful time
Jo at the lunch stop of the Bristol to London bike ride.
Me at the lunch stop. The food put on for the lunch stop is amazing, Jo and I said we would use for our wedding.
Cream tea near our campsite in Hele Bay, North Devon
The view from the cafe
My scone :-)
View of Ilfracombe, North Devon, where we did our triathlon
The Bristol to London bike ride was fun, it is fantastically organised and a great event, highly recommended. It is a long day day, there is not much talking on the coach ride home, sleep is the order of the day.
Jo and I's Triathlon was an eventful weekend, the car broke down on arrival at the campsite, we found out we only had 10 mile breakdown recovery, and the car needed to go into a garage to be fixed, which would mean an extra day in Hele Bay, Jo had to cancel work and I was meant to be visiting my placement, so that had to be cancelled. The next morning Jo and I decided to walk the quick way to the triathlon, we had been told about at reception, we had both bikes and all our triathlon gear, we got lost and ended up walking through muddy bridal ways and across fields and uphills. The triathlon was meant to start at 9:30 Jo and I left the campsite at 7:30, we arrived at the triathlon at 9:30 thinking we had missed it, our bikes were muddy, we were tired and our shoes and socks were wet through. We were told the start had been delayed, so we quickly got ready and both of us managed to complete the triathlon, at the end we had to walk back, to the campsite, we decided to go the road way, it was less than a mile. The car was fixed on Monday so we drove back to Bristol after an eventful weekend.
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