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, 14 June 2012

Janey's running ramblings

A nice gentle 4 miles this morning. Ran around Penicuik watching the excitement build for the Olympic Torch Relay coming through. The streets in Penicuik have never been so clean. The council were out yesterday sweeping the streets with a dustpan and brush such was the detail paid to cleaning! 

Anyway, got back to the house and changed and then headed back down to the town to see the Torch. What a brilliant time we had (I ended up standing next to a random stranger and we had such a laugh - we were both as excited as each other). I was standing opposite the High School and Rhona's pals noticed me taking sneaky pictures of Rhona and they, as pals do, embarrassed Rhona totally by telling her I was there. Got nice pics of the kids waving their Saltires. The atmosphere was brilliant. 






The warm up part of the parade came first, and dutifully wound the kids up into a frenzy, difficult to do with a bunch of teenagers - but manage it they did! Then shortly afterwards we suddenly noticed a man dressed in white appear out of a car and go over to the kids with A TORCH!!!!!!! We were standing right at the point where a "kiss" was to take place. Sooooooo exciting! Gradually more and more people appeared on bikes and in cars and then the main event - the TORCH. Right enough they stopped just in front of us and "kissed", you could feel the heat of the flame, we were that close.









 It was amazing. I am so excited now - can't wait for the Olympics. I guess that is the whole point of it all to get us all whipped into a frenzy - well it worked!!!!! Frenzy duly whipped. :-)

The town was really buzzing afterwards, and it really helped that it was sunny and warm everyone kind of milled about chatting about how exciting it was. 

Anyway, got my trail run on Sunday so going to go for a swim tomorrow and then head down to Carlisle on Saturday to stay over night and then head to Keswick on Sunday. 

don't worry, be happy :-)
This is your time to shine!!!!!!!!! (now I am torch daft :-):-):-):-))
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