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Sunday Sep 14, 2014 #
7 AM
Cycling 3:29:54 [3] 42.92 km (4:53 / km) +559m 4:36 / km
C2C day 2 - Fort Augustus to Ballachulish.
Day 1 had been a breeze, but I started Day 2 with some trepidation. A major part of my frustration on Friday resulted from an unsuccessful replacement of my mountain bike's shredded rear tyre. This botched job meant I decided to wing it on my lovely road bike. Excellent on Saturday, along smooth tarmacadam. Rather more of a risk today, predominantly offroadski.
We set off along the canal towpath, I was not confident I would even stay upright here, but I managed fine and the bike was a trooper, shrugging off sharp stones and sizeable craters with aplomb, a natural, relishing the challenge. The single track too was negotiated without incident, confidence, in bike and rider, on the rise. Premature, of course. After 17 miles a pop and a hiss, a rasp of warm, rubbery air, a rumble of rim on road. Deflation. A hasty repair, but the tube lasted little longer before another failure. Our race over, our adventure very much not. One last attempt, inner tube alarmingly bulbous, bulging before spds were swapped for trainers and the long 16 miles run for fort bill. Amazingly after a few miles of this, a lovely lady stopped and gave me her bike which allowed us to get back on track. Only 1 hour lost ....
Day 1 had been a breeze, but I started Day 2 with some trepidation. A major part of my frustration on Friday resulted from an unsuccessful replacement of my mountain bike's shredded rear tyre. This botched job meant I decided to wing it on my lovely road bike. Excellent on Saturday, along smooth tarmacadam. Rather more of a risk today, predominantly offroadski.
We set off along the canal towpath, I was not confident I would even stay upright here, but I managed fine and the bike was a trooper, shrugging off sharp stones and sizeable craters with aplomb, a natural, relishing the challenge. The single track too was negotiated without incident, confidence, in bike and rider, on the rise. Premature, of course. After 17 miles a pop and a hiss, a rasp of warm, rubbery air, a rumble of rim on road. Deflation. A hasty repair, but the tube lasted little longer before another failure. Our race over, our adventure very much not. One last attempt, inner tube alarmingly bulbous, bulging before spds were swapped for trainers and the long 16 miles run for fort bill. Amazingly after a few miles of this, a lovely lady stopped and gave me her bike which allowed us to get back on track. Only 1 hour lost ....
11 AM
Cycling 35:34 [3] 11.66 km (3:03 / km) +52m 2:59 / km
Running 2:34:47 [3] 22.36 km (6:55 / km) +727m 5:57 / km
Cool off road run, back in our element especially as most others were just walking.
2 PM
Kayaking race 20:00 [3] 1.6 km (12:30 / km)
To the finish !
4 PM
Cycling 1:30:00 [3] 15.0 mi (6:00 / mi)
Back to fort William to pick up the car. Not as bad as it could have been...
C • Wow 1
Saturday Sep 13, 2014 #
7 AM
Cycling 4:19:48 [3] 84.61 km (3:04 / km) +849m 2:55 / km
Rat Race Scotland Coast to Coast Adventure Race with Fi. Day 1 - Nairn to Fort Augustus. Really enjoyable day - lovely run along the river from Nairn to Cawdor Castle then a fun bike along quiet back roads to Fort Augustus. Got some good speed up on the descents into FA. Since we started in the 3rd wave, passing folks all the way. Then a wee kayak on Loch Ness to finish. Only 28th overall, but 1st mixed team.
Friday Sep 12, 2014 #
Note
(rest day)
Faffing for adventure race. Getting so cheesed off with it all very nearly didn't bother.
Thursday Sep 11, 2014 #
6 PM
Running 1:15:07 14.08 km (5:20 / km) +71m 5:12 / km
ahr:148 max:169
Soup run with FVO boys from home. Will wanted to go along the river, so that is what we did. I did say that I wasn't sure all the paths kept going...