Disappeared for a while to do something special............IRONMAN 70.3 Edinburgh
My weekends have always a been filled with sport. But over the last few years it has been more about me doing the activities rather than watching. A few weekends ago I took part in something truly amazing. Brief race report Finished but not perfect. The race was always going to be hard and I was worried that it would defeat me. I had trained throughout the winter and was the strongest I had ever been. Being a native Scot I should have known better and remembered that even the sea swims in Scotalnd have hills! Honestly, I probably should have pushed for more hill sessions from my trainer but I didn't. The goal was to finish. Even if I had to crawl across that one at 8hours 29mintues and 59seconds I was going to finish. On the morning of the triathlon the goal was just to get the wetsuit on. If anyone had given me even a hint of an out I would have been back in the car and home in a shot. I was nervous. But I shouldn't have been. We, and when I say we I mean the amazing sup