11 weeks to go....OMG

11 weeks - you have GOT to be kidding me??? where is this time warp Ive been in??? and more to the point where is this lithe godess body I ordered??? Oh crap Oh crap Oh crap.....

Grindstone mania here we come....

Piccie proves potent : We have to swim across that, run/hike the entire opposite side down it, kayak up it, cycle round it.

Im gonna need drugs....

Sometimes its the little things that inspire....

The Route!!!

http://youtu.be/eOHP5saH87k

You Tube ('s for doing this....)

Links to 2007 events

http://youtu.be/LMeHRZYQMao

and the more slicker professional 2009 version - looks STUNNING!!!

http://youtu.be/KchokcmGvgk


BRING. IT. ON !!!!!

Heres where I started.....

http://suzanneobrien2012.blogspot.com/

From Zero to Hero....

lol - thats how Im classing this fitness challenge anyway....Ill pop on the link to my very original blog later once I figure out how (spot the techno-phobe in our duo) which explains where my journey started back in september 2011-ish....and led to a mad snowball of fitness stuff (a swear word back then) filling my diary!  I stumbled across the artemis quad one night - no idea what on earth I put into google to warrent that but dear god - its created one hell of a mad 2012 as a result! Several desperate pleas went out on facebook for a willing victim to join me for the quad (as you can only do it as a pair) ....*tumbleweed*.....my heart sank....3rd time lucky & suddenly I got a PM from Jon totally out of the blue saying he "might" be interested...poor boy had probably not even finished typing before his phone started ringing...there is no "might" in my vocab....he soon discovered that & lo & behold here we are. Facing 2012 in the face, suddenly feels a lot more real now we are in the same year as all the madness. From the comfort of starting training 5mths ago we now just have 6mths to crank it up to a whole different level....do hope you want to join us on what promises to be one very funny ride (from your perspective anyway!)....we'll do the sweating. You just put your feet up & enjoy!!!

Well, it had to start somewhere, my first ever Triathlon, entered...

"This is to confirm that you have entered The Bradford on Avon Sprint Triathlon on 20 May 2012."

That's gonna be a major milestone in my preparation for the Quad, and my first open water swim too.

Getting the ball rolling

So I figured I'd get the ball rolling with a bit of information about the event:

The course:

  Swim - 1.35k (0.8 miles) to North side of Loch Tay
  Run/Walk - seven Munros encompassing the Lawers and Ptarmigan Ridges to Morenish (approx 24k or 15 miles)
  Kayak - 11k (7 miles) back to Ardtalnaig
  Cycle - around Loch Tay 54k (34 miles)
  Slice a melon - in two with a sword to stop the clock

It's in July, and if you're interested their website is here.