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Saturday Aug 1, 2015 #
Running 1:10:37 [3]
The trip over was not too bad, except I got little to no sleep. And it still amazes me that I paid $1200+ for my ticket and all I got besides the space in the plane (which wasn't that large) was 2 cups of water. I long for the good old days of trans-Atlantic flying.
When we got to Glasgow, we picked up the rental car and began another harrowing first day of driving on the left. Not as bad as the last first day, but still pretty stressful, especially doing the four hour drive on no sleep. I resorted to eating carrot sticks to try to stay awake. We also stopped at The House of Bruar, where I stopped last time. A wonderful place full of sweets, food, coffee, tea, various shops. I only got a latte to try to hold off the sleepiness.
After quite a delay through Nairn, we finally made it to our cottage in Dyke. It's quite cute and quite perfect for our stay here. We dropped off our stuff and headed to Forres to watch the Sprint qualifier. Unfortunately, we missed most of the women, but did see and cheer for Ali finishing. Hung out with Peggy and Nadim and kids. Then ended the evening by heading to the Tesco for groceries. I have to say it's nice to know my way around and not be totally bewildered by everything. It makes a big difference.
We slept in today...until 10:00!! I guess I was really tired because that was 10 straight hours of sleep. Had a light breakfast and then headed to Culbin Woods for an easy shake out run. I had the map from the race here in 2013 and let Mikell take that; I was happy enough with just a run. I did go off trail once, though, and that was enough to get me a little turned around. I went through some thick woods, thinking I'd hit a trail, turn right to another trail, and then left to the car park. I did all that, but then I hit an intersection with the wrong numbered post. My first reaction was the trail map I was carrying was wrong and started going in the wrong direction, but after about 50 yards, I told myself that the map can't be wrong...it was me (good lesson for the week). Went back to the intersection, figured out what I had done, and aimed for the car park.
This run felt so great. I felt like I was moving well. I felt light and smooth. And, at the end after my mistake, I ran especially fast to the car park because it was a pay lot and we had only paid for one hour. We didn't have any coins with us, so I basically had to mooch a pound off of a man in the parking lot when we got there. (I was quite happy that I still can sweet talk a man into paying my way.:-))
When we got to Glasgow, we picked up the rental car and began another harrowing first day of driving on the left. Not as bad as the last first day, but still pretty stressful, especially doing the four hour drive on no sleep. I resorted to eating carrot sticks to try to stay awake. We also stopped at The House of Bruar, where I stopped last time. A wonderful place full of sweets, food, coffee, tea, various shops. I only got a latte to try to hold off the sleepiness.
After quite a delay through Nairn, we finally made it to our cottage in Dyke. It's quite cute and quite perfect for our stay here. We dropped off our stuff and headed to Forres to watch the Sprint qualifier. Unfortunately, we missed most of the women, but did see and cheer for Ali finishing. Hung out with Peggy and Nadim and kids. Then ended the evening by heading to the Tesco for groceries. I have to say it's nice to know my way around and not be totally bewildered by everything. It makes a big difference.
We slept in today...until 10:00!! I guess I was really tired because that was 10 straight hours of sleep. Had a light breakfast and then headed to Culbin Woods for an easy shake out run. I had the map from the race here in 2013 and let Mikell take that; I was happy enough with just a run. I did go off trail once, though, and that was enough to get me a little turned around. I went through some thick woods, thinking I'd hit a trail, turn right to another trail, and then left to the car park. I did all that, but then I hit an intersection with the wrong numbered post. My first reaction was the trail map I was carrying was wrong and started going in the wrong direction, but after about 50 yards, I told myself that the map can't be wrong...it was me (good lesson for the week). Went back to the intersection, figured out what I had done, and aimed for the car park.
This run felt so great. I felt like I was moving well. I felt light and smooth. And, at the end after my mistake, I ran especially fast to the car park because it was a pay lot and we had only paid for one hour. We didn't have any coins with us, so I basically had to mooch a pound off of a man in the parking lot when we got there. (I was quite happy that I still can sweet talk a man into paying my way.:-))
Sunday Jul 26, 2015 #
Orienteering 59:15 [3]
And one last outing before heading home. We ran the East Pelican bay course from Laramie Daze last year. Not a stellar outing for either running or navigating, but nothing disastrous. Just kind of "meh."
Of course, I had planned to be in much better shape and be more ready for Scotland, but it is what it is. Life and work got in the way, so I'm as ready as I'm going to be...considering. My goal is not to have any major blow-ups over there. As long I keep moving and find everything with minimal tears, I will consider it a success. Plus, two weeks totally out of communication with work is worth its weight in gold!!
We leave Thursday and there is so much to be done between now and then. But, as Mikell said, once I'm in seat 19C, heading to Glasgow, hopefully much of the stress will just melt away.
Of course, I had planned to be in much better shape and be more ready for Scotland, but it is what it is. Life and work got in the way, so I'm as ready as I'm going to be...considering. My goal is not to have any major blow-ups over there. As long I keep moving and find everything with minimal tears, I will consider it a success. Plus, two weeks totally out of communication with work is worth its weight in gold!!
We leave Thursday and there is so much to be done between now and then. But, as Mikell said, once I'm in seat 19C, heading to Glasgow, hopefully much of the stress will just melt away.