Full race report to follow….. Off for fish & chips now! 😉
Today marks the 70th Anniversary of the D Day landings.
Today, I’ve been thinking about how different life could be, if those heroes hadn’t given their lives for the liberation of Europe, and secured our freedom. To see the images of the 2,000 or so veterans paying their respects to their fallen comrades on the beaches of Normandy has been poignant. Thinking of coming off those boats, onto a beach into heavy gunfire, and then through land mines must have been truly terrifying.
Even watching ‘Great British Menu’ has been an eye opener, with the veterans’ inspiring stories. Who knew that ladies were flying airplanes? Until recently, I didn’t. It sure puts my issues into perspective.
The simple things I take for granted: a run along the harbour, copious food, a glass of wine, a dip in the hot tub. My typical Friday night.
For these simple pleasures, I am thankful.
True heroes.
Welcome to Monday, people 🙂  Has your week started with sunshine or showers?
We’ve had both, which has kinda matched my mood today 😉 I’m thinking sunshine right now!
Here’s something that I’ve seen and read a couple of times recently:
Brilliant. Just brilliant. This is one for me to remember this week.
It changes my perspective on the rain…..
Have a great week, and enjoy your running: even if it’s in the rain 🙂
Yesterday, @TheWelshWookie and I had a busy day.
We started our Saturday off with a little run, involving a mahoosive hill, followed by a dip in the hot tub. It was a beautifully sunny day!
After an early lunch, we headed to Campbeltown, on an errand. I’ll reveal more about that later in the week 😉
On our way, we saw this:
And we also saw a few wakeboarders out enjoying the weather.
While there, we were lucky enough to see the pupils from the local school in a football tournament. It looked like they had a brilliant time, and the weather couldn’t have been better for them! Not only were there schools from around Argyll, but also from Dumbarton, Glasgow and other places. Everyone seemed to have a wonderful time!
We then headed to Muneroy Tearoom in Southend, which is the most southerly point on the Kintyre peninsula. Southend is also the place where St Columba set foot in Scotland, and has a cracking beach!
At the tearoom, we had FANTASTIC cake. They post pictures of their latest home baking delights, and we were not disappointed. @TheWookie had a Butterscotch Cream sponge, I had a Mint Choc cake. Wow. It was served slightly warm, with the icing just going gooey and was sprinkled with mint aero and had mint aero bubbles too. Oh, my. It was nom nom nom!
Given that the weather was so good, we drove back to Campbeltown the scenic route, and it was beautiful. Ailsa Craig and the Isle of Arran were partially hidden by the haze caused by the sunshine on the sea. We even saw some Highland Cows Heilan’ Coos sunbathing on the beach! Not something you get to see every day!
Today, I wore my RnR Madrid vest on a run for the first time, and got in an 8 miler. It was warm! So, of course, I finished up with another dip in the hot tub.
The GB Relay has begun today: good luck to all those running this week, and we’ll see you on Sunday in Argyll! 🙂
How has your weekend been?
It’s been a while since I posted about the Playlist swap. It has been a lot of fun!
Frequent visitors will remember that Girl Runs Wild and I swapped MP3 players earlier in the year, and it was a fantastic experience! I also shared with you that I’d received an MP3 player from Kyla at http://earlybirdfitness.com and I’ve been thoroughly enjoying her music.
Lots of tracks are upbeat and really good for running to. There were a few oldies I had forgotten about, including a track that reminds me of a holiday to Ibiza with my sister (The Ketchup Song, if you’re wondering 😉 ) and I’ve been loving the Justin Timberlake tracks!
As with Julia’s MP3, it’s been really good to hear music I didn’t know, and songs from both MP3s that were previously unknown to me have become firm favourites.
I’m looking forward to getting another MP3 in the future from The Running Princess, who has been busy running the Paris and Edinburgh marathons recently. Go, Allison!
There’s another running track that I just love running to at the moment. It’s a little slow, but very powerful. It’s from a BRILLIANT album, too. I’d highly recommend it.
‘What is it? What is it?’
I’m sure you’re shouting that out loud, while reading this post and rolling your eyes at my dramatic build-up…. 😉
It’s….
Yip, Iron Sky from Paolo Nutini’s album Caustic Love.
And I love, love, love it.
Do you have a favourite new running track at the moment? What is it?
I struggled to select a quote for today. Many, many of my favourites are from the wisdom of Maya Angelou.
Rest peacefully, Phenomenal Woman.
I ran today! Woo hoo!
Today’s Hal Higdon marathon training called for 3 miles. It was great to get out there. I sported my Great Run t-shirt for the first time 🙂
As we headed to the harbour, it was sunny and a little warm, but by the time we got to the end of the first mile it was chucking down! But, it actually felt really good to run in the rain.
When I uploaded my Nike+ SportWatch data, I saw that the Nike+ running site has had a facelift, and I like it! 😀
I was really pleased with the pace tonight.
I also received an email today from the organisers of the GB Relay. It contained a link to the contact details of participants, so I’ve emailed the people on either side of our stage, so that we can arrange the baton handover. Hopefully it will all go very smoothly!
Did you run in sunshine or rain today?
Welcome to Monday. Â Is it a holiday where you are? It isn’t here in Argyll, so I’ve been busy working all day.
Today is day one of my Hal Higdon Marathon training programme. And it’s a rest day 😉  I’ve been really inspired by everyone’s running this weekend, be it at the Edinburgh Marathon Festival, Mull of Kintyre runs, Rock ‘n’ Roll Liverpool, Bupa 10K or many other runs. Well done!
Here’s something to set up your week:
Absolutely. How are you going to be of value this week?
Are any of my fellow UK-based bloggers (or BBCWorldwide watchers) Â fans of the Great British Menu?
You all know how much I love to eat. I love to watch programmes about delish food too! I watch loads: Masterchef in all its forms, Hells’ Kitchen. The Great British Bake Off, Saturday Kitchen…. I could go on and on……
Well, this week is the Scottish heat of GBM, and I’m fully supporting Jacqueline O’Donnell 🙂
I LOVE her pink apron:
You may remember that back in January I wrote this post about The Sisters Restaurant? I had the sea bass in a lobster cream sauce:
It was absolutely delish!
Well, Jacqueline runs The Sisters along side her sister, Pauline. I’m keeping my fingers and toes crossed for Jacqueline, and all will be revealed tonight in some areas, and tomorrow in Scotland.
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