ARTEMIS GREAT KINDROCHIT WEEKEND

Hiya

Another good week of training with he highlight being the Great Kindrochit Quadrathlon.

The Quadrathlon is one of Scotlands toughest one day multisport events, and to highlight this the BBC Scotlands Aventure Show was there to capture the day.

For me it was a great chance to get some long training done with 2 of my Arch to Arc support team, Karly my Physio and Pete, before the Quadrathlon started on Saturday morning. So at just before 7am on Friday we set off on a 58km run around Loch Tay before setting off on a 120km bike ride and then finally finishing the day with a night swim.

The Quadrathlon went well setting off with my race partner, Philip, we knocked off the 1.5km swim across the Loch with ease before tackling the 24km run/walk over 7 munro's (peak over 1,000m's) which finishes back at Loch Tay and the starting point of the 7mile kayak before the final leg of the quadrathlon a 56km cycle around Loch Tay. All in it was a good day the legs held up well thanks to the awesome work by Karly's magic fingers. The toughest leg had to be the walk/run and Philip was strong which was great as he kept me going though the tough conditions and I returned the favour on the bike stage by giving him a wheel to follow.

We finished 8th overall in a time of 10hrs 27mins. I was well happy with that as it was over 10min quicker than last year when I finished 2nd overall.

I have to say thank you to Peter and Karly for there help, it's looking good for the Arch to Arc. Also Thanks to Artemis to a great event and to the Artemis Support Team that kept us well fed and motivated throughout the long day.

Now it's easier week before another weekend in Scotland on the 26th.

cheers
Nino