This was definitely my favourite half marathon yet!
I’ll post a review when I’m home: for now, let the honeymoon part of this runeymoon commence! 🙂
Month: April 2014
Sunshine Shake Out
It’s a gloriously sunny day in Tarbert, and @TheWelshWookie and I have just got back from our last shake out run before Sunday’s RnR Half Marathon. It felt great!
It was also warm, which I think was perfect preparation for Sunday. The forecast is for sunny spells, and a high of 21 degrees/70f so the weather should be good.
We’re now completely packed, and ready to head to Edinburgh tomorrow: bring the adventure on! 🙂
I’ll try to blog at some point next week, but please check out my instagram account or my twitter feed for more regular updates while I’m away.
Adios, amigos!
Wednesday Wisdom
Madrid Madness
I think I may be a little obsessed. I’m eating, sleeping and talking Madrid ALL THE TIME. I’m pretty sure that everyone is fed up of it, and we haven’t even been yet! 😮
The taper is under way, as is some early carb loading (any excuse!) as @TheWelshWookie and I had dinner at our favourite cafe tonight. Yum!
I’ve been scouring my Madrid travel guide, highlighting places I want to visit, and working out the closest metro stops that we will be using. I’m also just about packed, too 😉
I’ve checked and rechecked my race day gear, and it’s all ready to go. I’ll be packing my trainers in my hand luggage……. just in case!
Saturday morning cannot come quickly enough…
Does anyone have any tips on places to visit, or any favourite restaurants and bars that we shouldn’t miss?
Taper Time!
Today is the beginning of my taper for the Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon in Madrid. I can’t believe that the race is next Sunday!
It’s a beautiful, warm and sunny day here in Tarbert, which was great for a run in preparation for next week. We did 8.5 miles, and I now feel ready to conquer Madrid! 🙂 I tested out the shorts and trainers that I’ll be wearing, and while the shorts were great, I had the beginnings of a blister on my right heel. I’ll have to be ready to prevent that next week. Anyone have any tips?
I’ve already begun packing for our trip, which is actually late for me. I’m usually packed at least a couple of weeks before! But, as we don’t leave until Friday to head to Edinburgh for our flight, I still have plenty of time.
Meanwhile, have a wonderful Easter weekend: I hope you eat LOTS of chocolate!
Anyone rolling their eggs tomorrow?
The First Bunny of Easter
Welcome, one and all, to Easter Weekend 2014!
The weather here has been much more spring-like this week, which has been wonderful. The trees are all budding, daffs cover the grass verges and gardens are beginning to bloom. It won’t be long until the bluebells fill the hillsides!
Yesterday, we went for a lovely, sunny run. We ran along the harbour, and it was fantastic! We clocked in five miles, which was our scheduled Hal Higdon training distance.
And, we saw our first Easter bunny!
There are usually a lot of rabbits hopping around by the harbour, but this year I seem to have missed them all – until yesterday. This cheeky chappy was running quite happily in front of us, then hopped onto a garden wall, and sat in the garden watching us run past.
It was too cute! 🙂
Do you have time off this weekend? Any plans? Have you seen any Easter bunnies on your run?
Wednesday Wisdom
Back to Running…
Well, now that the excitement of our wedding is beginning to subside, my mind is beginning to drift back to running.
On Monday, I received an email telling me that the Perth Kilt Run entries are now OPEN!
This is an attempt to break the world record for the number of kilted runners participating in a race. It was a brilliant event last year – here’s my race report of 2013’s event.
And, if you’re interested in signing up, you can do so here
Now, I’ll need to get some miles in this week, in preparation for RnR Madrid: I can’t believe it’s only a week on Sunday! Yay!
Race to the Altar Recap :)
Hello everyone! @TheWelshWookie and I competed our Race to the Altar on Friday, and have had a wonderful weekend with our families. This weekend involved plenty of fun, wonderful company, fantastic food and drink: it was everything I hoped for, and more!
Cheers!
As you know, our Wedding Day had the theme ‘Race to the Altar’, and we had lots of running touches throughout the day. We had:
A huge banner outside the venue, marking the Start Line to the race that is the rest of our lives together:
Each table was named after some of our favourite races, along with one of my ‘Wednesday Wisdom’ quotes!
Our cake topper were runners:
We had podium candles:
And a balloon arch over the cake table 🙂
We also had Nike IDs made especially for the day. We’ll be running in these in Madrid!
Our favours were personalised medals. The guests loved them!
We had a wonderful day, with a gorgeous Nuptial Mass in St. Margaret’s Church, Lochgilphead. I was delighted to see that the church was full!
Our dinner and dancing was in the village hall in Tarbert, and the band we had, The Democrats were fantastic! @TheWelshWookie and his brother got up on stage and did their rendition of The Beatle’s ‘I Saw Her Standing There’ which was fab!
We also had some ceilidh dancing thrown in, which was such a lot of fun.
At the end of the night, we finished the dancing with some Scottish classics: ‘Caledonia’, ‘500 Miles’, ‘Auld Lang Syne’ and Runrig’s live version of ‘Loch Lomond.’ Brilliant!
As the guests were leaving, and only those staying locally were left, we had some races up and down the hall! A perfect end to a great day! 🙂
Almost There…
Well, in a little over 24 hours, @TheWelshWookie and I will be getting married! I’m reblogging this video clip from my wedding blog, which I posted yesterday. I sure many of you will have seen this: it’s awesome!
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