Will She or won’t She

The reacquaint with Rowing (and particularly the vagaries of steering a racing coxless pair) continues. Having spent a few days (and excellent nights) down at Henley on Thames, and despite having lost to the Army by a length- the on / off relationship with Rowing is very much back on- with the after burners ready […]

It’s All Relative…

Wasn’t sure if I would still have access to the blog… As Beaujolais has previously indicated, Dirty D has no current intentions to paddle senior DW again, with anyone! She’s not one for burning her bridges, ‘never say never’ etc, but that’s the current position!! But she’s still paddling and like Beaujolais has a triathlon […]

My type of bike training :)

It’s still crazy (good crazy) weather here in Scotland. Sun, sun, sun. It’s also hot, hot, hot. This makes training a brutal delight. The mountains look superb in the sunshine, but cycling up them in this heat requires huge amounts of hydration. So another 30km of biking up hills in the bank this evening, plus […]

Sticking it to the Wilson..

You can start to go off your training partners, and Tenacious D is proving a bit of a Brown Owl with his unfailing cheery, religious commitment to our Triathlon Training. Thursday evening a 3.8km Loch Lomond swim, Friday evening a 1 hour 45 minute hill run in the heat, 6am Saturday morning a 90 km […]

Going backwards

Regression. Evolution and development is supposed to be about moving forwards not backwards. These days it’s becoming more of a struggle to simply stand still without slipping backwards. 2 weekends ago I found myself back on a boat- a sculling boat to be precise- a craft I had not been I. For about 4 years, […]