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


Thursday 9 February 2012

Janey's running ramblings

My day started early with a session on the turbo trainer at 8am. 30 mins doing sprints (a bit like fartlek but don't know if you can do that on a bike). It was really hard work but felt good. Then I headed over to the primary school for my Thursday morning volunteering session. Great fun as always and it just got better when the kids asked if they could do some of their Scottish country dancing (which they had done the previous week for the scottish day). What you need to know is that when we were practising the week before with them the Teacher described the three groups of children as "two sets and a motley crew". The motley crew were the 8 boys who were left together because there isn't enough girls. Today, there were only 7! guess who had to make up the 8th!!! I told them they had to show me what to do, well this just sent them into fits of giggles and they proceeded to lead me a merry dance through the whole thing. I was puggled by the end of two dances. The teacher just laughed all the way through at me trying to keep up with them. The boys thought this was all great fun and just got worse and worse as the dance went on. So this is definitely going down as cross training  !!!! :)

Later on I despite the cold I hauled myself out the door for a 4 mile run. Whilst we still don't have any snow it was absolutely freezing, a really cold raw afternoon. It was another one of those grey days where even the grass looks grey!

Going to my bed very tired tonight I think. Good day though.

don't worry, be happy :)
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