The New Challenges

In 2012 Tracey and I embarked on a series of challenges to raise money for The Haemophilia Society. We had great fun doing it and both felt very fit. So, as we both were slogging up the Mound in the Edinburgh 10 mile run recently, we remarked on how unfit we both were compared to then!

And so Two Tackle Three was resurrected!

Two Tackle Three Take Two (AKA 2T3T2) will see us take on three new challenges each which are crazier and tougher than the first three (although Ventoux was quite tough). We will raise money for an Edinburgh Charity called The Yard. The Yard is a purpose built indoor and outdoor adventure playground for children and young people with disabilities.

Tracey and I have a few links with this amazing facility. One being it has close links with the Childhood Practice Team at Edinburgh College and the second being my late husband, Alistair was involved in providing the yard with their cut down working traffic light, through the BBC Children in Need project, The Big Build.

So Tracey's challenges are -

St Mary Loch Standard Distance Triathlon, Aberfeldy Half Ironman, Glencoe Half Marathon.

And Jane's are -

Windermere Half Marathon, The Moonwalk and the Glencoe Marathon.

We will also be taking part in a variety of other events in preparation for our big challenges.

Our blog will make a welcome return, so you can keep up with our training antics! So please keep up to date. We will let you know soon how you can sponsor us to raise a shed load of cash for The Yard.

Jane and Tracey (Team 2T3T2)

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/2T3T2


Saturday 4 February 2012

Had a bit of everything today, snow,sleet, wind and rain, but no sun!
Wasn't looking forward to my run in the horribleness, but I must be blessed or something, for as I dropped Eilidh off at her dance class it stopped raining/sleeting/snowing and didn't start again till I got home with a nice hot bowl of soup! I'm trying to increase my distances now, not to silly amounts like Jane, but just to 6k, so that I don't die in a 5k. The route I planned along the Innocent Railway, past Holy Rood High School and back to Grange Loan is only a wee smidgen short of 6k so that'll do nicely for me. Felt like the slowest runner of all time today though, did the distance in what felt like a couple of hours but was really only 45 mins, but it's still the longest I have ever run without stopping, so I should be pleased. thinking positively, it'll give me a target time to beat. Hip hurts today as I forgot to stretch after my run on Wed...see what happens when you don't stretch Jane?
Then it was off to the pool, earlier than normal as it closes early on a Sat now..boo! Swam for 40 mins, no idea how many lengths, but tried to do a couple at the end without the pool buoy. Something weird happens...I just turn into some sort or octopus having convulsions, with arms and legs going every where, breathing all over the place, and not really moving anywhere.....still, there's plenty time left to train to be able to do 30 lengths in 20 mins, isn't there?
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