Paella and Bovril

No party without fireworks! After a few hot baths and plenty of pain relief I seem to have survived and recovered from the triathlon. I have to admit I had a good time, well worth the 50 euros to enter. Yes I know I spent money to torture myself but the feeling of crossing that line was amazing. Not bad on the back of a few weeks of partying! This weekends P n B comes from last weeks. 6th October 2012, that saw Rovers AGAIN loses a last minute goal to allow the opposition snatch a point! Hope you enjoy this more than the past few results! Paella and Bovril The past few weeks Barcelona have been locked into “fiesta” mode. La Merc è is the big one! The whole city centre turns into one big festival site, stages pop up in parks and on corners of streets, plazas turn into giant tapas bars and wine tents, Barcelona likes to party and party it does, especially with the current crisis, everyone, it seemed, was out for their wee bit of free diversion. ...

I DID IT!!! About to rack up! I did it! I actually finished the Garmin super Sprint Triathlon, and in under an hour. On Sunday I swam 400m, cycled 10km and then ran a wee 2.5km. All in the name of Raith Rovers, and my pride. Official times! Nombre Tiempo Time Swim Bike Run        Carol Smith        00:59:50 00:11:31   00:23:25     00:19:23                                                      ...

October is finally here and normally I would welcome this with open arms, cooler temperatures, no festivals to lead me a stray (I hope) and this year I have a Triathlon to complete! In April  I fell victim to the Spanish crisis and found myself with plenty of time on my hands, a few extra (extra extra extra) kilos to shift and something to prove! So I quit the gym, dusted of the bike, got some running shoes and hoped that green peace would not try to save me when I went swimming in a wet suit. I did not start out thinking I would do a triathlon, but I needed a bit of motivation to keep me going! Now eeeeeekkkkkk it is only a few days away.      On the 7 th of October I will be swimming, cycling and running along Barcelona’s bonny beaches.   After deciding to go from couch to triathlon in 4 months I have been training hard(ish) and during one of these many many runs I thought that maybe I need some extra motivation, so lets do this for something you care a...