Kettle Bells and Surfski’s

100.5kg this am. Meeting up with Dirty D in Auchenstarry at 13:00 for what is likely to become a regular Wednesday 2 hour training paddle every other Wednesday between now and Easter. Dirty D has a seperate training group known as the Linlithgow Ladies that Launch. Beaujolais has his own seperate training group- The Very […]

Out of the Closet… Into the Frying Pan

There is nothing closeted about Dirty D’s munro habit… A little over half of these summits have seen her boots tramp across them in sun, rain, wind and snow. Many of them have been climbed in all seasons with friends old and new. Some have been scooted up in a couple of hours, some require […]

World Cup overfloweth

So whilst Dirty D has been galivanting and eating her way around the Highlands of Scotland- although it must be noted she appears to have completed the South Shiel Ridge – we have a closet Munro Bagger here methinks- it has been left to Beaujolais to keep the boat paddling/ moving as it where. Unfortunately, […]

GPS

The GPS does not lie. It is a very honest piece of kit. Sometimes the truth can be hurtful. I am finding paddling with a GPS hurtful. But helpful.  In the past I have measured distance either with the tried and tested pencil. Paper and OS Map using the method I was taught at the […]

Feeling the pain

Beaujolais Vital stats for this am: Weight 100.7 kg 😦 with hindsight lunch at the Mandarin and the Beer with Jack yesterday evening should have been avoided. Run 19:20 (+4 secs on PB) Pressups 40 😦 and Sit-ups 40 😦 Yesterday’s K1 paddle 10.3km with 7.33 minutes per Km (well off the pace) Really trying […]

Tenacoius D and Beaujolais begin to start drifting in the general Direction of Maryhill.

Maryhill, or perhaps more accurately Spiers Wharf at Port Dundas, and the start line of this years Glasgow to Edinburgh Canoe Race. Now only 17 days away. Whilst Tenacious D is completely enthused about entering, getting him away from his office and into a boat has been the equivalent of paddling the Tay Descent (2weeks […]

Back to the Triple… Veggie Al laughs loudest

  Having sent Veggie Al a picture of my huge steak- the biggest I could buy off the shelf- I received this late last night. Veggie Al with his Linda McCartney’s..  This mornings weigh in suggests he may have chosen the right path. 100.8 kg- a whole 1 kg of beef driven weight gain. Not […]

Double Figures

   The picture looks peaceful, but the waters of the Thames at the Hasler British Club Marathon Championships were anything but…     ….but fantastic fun , great racing, great camaraderie, and two bloody long portages. Plus the opportunity and pleasure of catching up with Paul and Craig from Marsport- two guys whose assistance and […]

My Slowest 10km Ever…

Today was the Linlithgow 10km…Almost baulked on the start line til I met an old friend and we agreed to stop at the Westport Bar for a Guinness on the way round…Of course we didn’t, some habits die hard. New fancy running tights spurred me onto 63 mins and a finish. My slowest 10km ever, […]

The Patient is Impatient….

The Linlithgow 10km Road Race is looming……. It’s this Sunday and for all intents and purposes there is little more that can be done to prepare, I might try a little prayer but I’m not even sure that would help. The running is still not going well, it’s barely going badly and after todays final […]