Edinburgh Marathon

Colin was out in the Edinburgh Marathon in sweltering temperatures. Very busy round the early part of the course and needed a toilet stop in the first mile after not having time before the start. Didn't see any distance markers around the course so hard to pace myself. Feeling pretty slow in any event. Got to half way in around 2 hrs which was about 15 minutes behind schedule. Real struggle in the second half and did a lot of walking. Finally finished in around 4 hrs 35.

Not sure why it was so slow. Could have been the heat. Maybe the hard run 2 weeks ago or yesterdays jog round the O course?

Butterdean Wood

Max and Colin headed off in the sunshine to orienteer at Butterdean Wood in East Lothian. We both did a fairly challenging Orange course and Colin tried not to tire himself pre-marathon. Colin pipped Max by a minute for a Ledlie 1st & 2nd.

Cherry and Hannah meanwhile went to the Scottish Garden show at Ingliston.

Max is tired because he did Parkour on Thursday and Tae Kwon Do on Friday. Max lay in bed until ten. Max was going to go to the playground but he is too tired. Max is going to have a refreshing drink to wake him up. Everyone else is going to have sticky cakes but Max is a good boy. Mum is nice and she is going to buy the refreshing drink and the sticky cakes at a shop a few minutes away.
Max needs to get some pads for Tae Kwon Do so that he is allowed to block people's punches and punch them and it won't hurt them. Max doesn't know how to put videos on and he might make a mess of the blog but he is going to try and put a video of a parkour person doing parkour. He wil also try to put a link to a parkour website.



Max wonders if these people get tired in the mornings too. Max isn't as crazy as these people.

Breakin Convention

Went to the Festival Theatre to see the break dancing show. We all enjoyed the acrobatics and the lively atmosphere.

Xscape

Went for a day out at the Xscape centre at Braehead. Had a round of indoor crazy golf in the morning and then Max and Hannah had a go on real (almost) indoor snow. Also had a cold sledging session.

Loch Leven Half Marathon

Very good run round Loch Leven getting round in 1 hr 43 min 19 sec which is a big improvement on my previous best in this race. Pushed hard all the way round.

Meadows 2 Mile Race

Time of 14:08. OK.

Skiing

Max and Hannah went out skiing at Hillend. Both doing great following their Easter lessons. Colin went for a hard run in the hills.

Penicuik 10k

Colin had a good run in terrible conditions. Very hilly course with 126m of climb over the first half of the course. Temperature was just 4 degree in Penicuik and must have been below freezing on the higher ground. Finished in 47 min 54 secs just making it into first half of the field.

Bangor Weekend

Pleasant weekend in Bangor visiting Maxwell & Rosemary.

Went out to the crazy golf at Dundonald.