Vale Royal AC Runners

Hi All,

Bit of a report about todays race while im sat chilling in the hotel (Dads having a nap seems as he has had such a tough morning..)

So my day started at 3am when my alarm went off...breakfast, ready and out of the hotel on a shuttle to the course at 4:15.  obviously pitch black, and VERY cold.

My race actually started at 5:55am, not 6:15.  i found out yesterday that there was going to be an elite womens start instead o...

Nicky runs her best cross country of the season and the team perform

way above expectations :-

www.golobos.com/sports/c-xc/recaps/112309aaa.html

Ascension Island Mountain Race

It was sunday morning, due to start at 8am. Ascension timing meant it was actually about 8.15am. The race was open to the whole Island, there were competitors from the RAF, the US Air Force, locals and any other visitors on the Island at the time. There is a long standing tradition that the races is started by everyone dipping their hands in the turtle ponds on the beach in Georgetown. The turtle ponds are brick built e...

In the Mountain West Conference Cross Country Championships, having her best run of the Cross Country season so far, Nicky showed that her high mileage Marathon training is starting to bring rewards as she took 3rd place  -

http://www.golobos.com/sports/c-xc/

http://www.golobos.com/sports/c-xc/recaps/103109aaa.html

Continuing her Cross Country season in the build up to the Las Vegas Marathon, in early December, Nicky finished in an excellent 51st position at the Pre Nationals on 17 October

http://www.golobos.com/sports/c-xc/recaps/101709aab.html 

www.golobos.com/sports/c-xc/recaps/100209aab.html

Hello All!

Wow its been a long time since I sent an update (thanks for passing ahint along James!)...I forget that not everyone lives in the facebookworld to see the updates on there!!!

Anyway....lots has been happening here since I got back, some good,some not so good.  When I first got back I found out that my ferritin(iron) had gone low again, so my build up to full training was slowerthan planned.  It just meant that although I c...

We've made it!!!

We cycled the last 17 miles to john o'groats this morning and finished about 9.15ish.  We thane had a quick look round and took some photos. That makes 897 miles in total, so we didnt stray too far from the shortest route!

We then cycled back tp Wick and managed to catch midday train to inverness. Staying in the city centre tonight and heading to the airport early tomorrow.

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We're in Wick tonight having covered another 70 miles..... less than 20 to go tomorrow to  finish this adventure off!

A nice ride up the coast today with some great weather for a change.

We're planning to get out early tomorrow and get to the finish line  then it's time for the journey home to check on how much you've all been sponsoring us!!  We'll catch the train to inverness tomorrow afternoon and we're hopefully flyin...

We have spent the day on the A9 (many time winner of britains dullest road!) but we're now 89 miles nearer to the finish line.

Managed to get thruough both Aviemore & inverness before todays thunderstorm arrived! We spent some time sheltering under trees clutching our bikes but still the lightening missed us!

We've found a really nice smart (well it was before we checked in) b & b to stay in at in Tain about 30 miles north of Inverness...