Sir Chris Hoy Veladrome Glasgow

What a fantastic weekend. It started with my early morning yoga to get the stiffness out of my legs. Then out for a fast 6.25 mile run. It felt great but had to be short because I had tickets for the Thunderdrome at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome in Glasgow - what an unbelievable facility, worldclass. The racing was brilliant and the drop on the banked corners frightening - I'd be scared to ski down it. Now my cycling pals have all been trying to persuade me to get accreditation so I can ride on the track but I've been refusing. There was a raffle and guess what I won? You guessed it, free accredditation! Must be a signal. The we went off to the Braveheart Cycling Charity dinner and mixed with the cycling elite including Sir Chris - it was wall to wall fit athletes. I met Roddie Riddle, ex Commonwealth cyclist, who is doing MDS and we planned a long running excursion. Good to actually meet someone of that calibre and know we will be sharing a tent in the "sandpit" - with 6 others! I paced myself so that at 9am the next morning I could go running. It was chucking it down with rain so we went for a trail run. I was hoping to do more that 15 miles but circumstances kept it to that although I felt I could have run all day. The mileage will have to increase next week though and soon I'll be running with a rucksack. Bring it on.