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 5 April 2012

Le Ventoux Diaries

Freaky...all the instructions for the blog are in French! After nearly 21 hours of travel I have finally made it to Cavaillon, and I haven't even seen a bike yet! Travelled down on what is laughingly called a 'sleeper' train, although how anyone can sleep with the whooshing of the automatic doors going all night I'll never know. ( for info the French trains don't whoosh they glide noiselessy open!) Got to London at an ungodly hour in the morning and the caught the Eurostar to Paris. I knew I was cutting it fine, as I only had 45 mins to change stations, but reckoned it would be ok....it wasn't! Got to Gare du Lyon 5 minutes after my train had left for Avignon.......not very happy as my ticket was non exchangeable so I had to pay another £100 to buy a new one!spent most of the journey drifting in an out of sleep, and was REALLY conscious of trying not to drop off to that type of sleep where you snochter really loud, not good on a packed train in the quite compartment! So made it to my hotel just after 7, which meant the bike shop was shut, so nothing for it but to go and have a couple of beers! I went over my trip notes and map as I was having dinner and it has just hit me what I am trying to do! I have not just got to cycle up a mountain, frankly that may be the easiest bit, I have got to navigate my way from one place to another, or I don't have anywhere to sleep!my favourite phrase so far is "pouvez vous m'aider" can you help me!! I'll be using it a lot. That and telling people I'm a Scotsman cos I keep forgetting to pronounce the important S at the end which let's people know I am female!! I haven't done any cycling yet but already my room smells of damp clothes as I have washed the stuff I was travelling in and hope it's dry by tomorrow before I pack it away, it'll be the same very night. So it now about 10 and i'm so tired it's off to bed for me. First day of cycling tomorrow....aaargh!!!
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1 comment:

  1. JaneyM6 April 2012 at 08:08

    That is what the stuff of adventures are made of! It made me smile as this is exactly the same journey to Avignon that we took 23 years ago when we were inter-railing, wasn't any easier then either, oh happy days :) You will be ace - have a great time :) don't get lost.

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