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 10 March 2012

5k run this morning , wee snooze then a 30 length swim in the afternoon, all completed today! Jane and I were off to the parkrun again this morning to shake our bucket. I ran, and Jane volunteered which meant for the first time ever I beat her. This is slightly unfair as she was the back runner! No PB today, but a respectable time of 33.23, which is only a few seconds slower than last time and the second half was running into the wind.
Poor old Pedro the Pool boy! I have been blaming him for lulling me into a false sense of achievement with my swimming when it's really been me! I have been doing the equivalent of the old men and women I see in the morning who stand at the end of the pool have a chat, swim/ walk to the other end have another chat, then boast to their friend they have been for a swim. I haven't really been pushing it since I was introduced to Pedro. But today I thought I'd better do 30 lengths and time myself. I used Pedro, as I'm still not able to do loads of lengths without him, and luckily the pool was quiet enough for me to just go at my own pace, without stopping, and I completed it in 20 mins. No improvement in time, but its the first time I've managed the distance. Actually I lost count again so I either did 30, 32 or possible even 34! Now ..if only I could do that without Pedro!
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  1. JaneyM10 March 2012 at 21:35

    see you can do the distance in 20 minutes!!!! look at my blog entry and see my secret weapon for the triathlon - no need to worry about the swim now i feel!!!!

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