Saturday, February 28, 2009

ESOC Sprint-O

Colin and Max were out at Hopetoun House for the annual ESOC sprint-O event. Colin ran reasonable well over the two courses coming 28th of the 60 runners. Max had a good run on the first course and decided to practice his parkour rather than do the second.

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Cambrills and Barcelona












Pleasant week at Cambrills on the coast south of Barcelona and then a few days in Barcelona. Trouble with suitcases which had an interesting trip from Edinburgh to London, Barcelona, Gerona, Cambrills before finally catching up with us in Barcelona the day before we left. Apart from that a nice week away.

Saturday, February 14, 2009

Carnethy 5






















The hills were covered in snow for this years Carnethy 5 - one of the biggest races in the Scottish Hill Racing calendar. Temperates were fairly pleasant at a few degrees above freezing with lots of boggy marsh at the foot of the hills and frozen ground and snow at the top. Climbing was difficult in the slippy conditions. Descending was like going down a ski slope with one section being a 10 m bum slide.

Overall a good run. Felt quite fit and certainly not too tired at the end. Time was poor but this was the same for everyone given the conditions.

Sunday, February 08, 2009

Hotel Du Vin

Colin and Cherry had a nice dinner out at the new Hotel Du Vin on Bristo Place on Friday night. Very smart and a very good meal. The blue cheese ice cream wasn't such a good idea though !

Colin was orienteering on Sunday at Normans Law in Fife. Lots of mistakes to come 12th on the Blue course.

Sunday, February 01, 2009

Boundaries of Edinburgh


Colin was out for a long run round the outskirts of Edinburgh on Saturday covering some 21 miles. Didn't do the full circuit. Report here.

On Sunday we all went to Dalmeny estate for orienteering. Nice location at edge of town and everyone did reasonably well.