FionaOutdoors

Tuesdays are busy. I don’t just mean with work (every day is busy with work) but with exercise. In our house there is a timetable of days of being mum/step-dad and days for fitness. It’s the only way it works for us. So on Mondays and Wednesdays Mr Outdoors plays football, while I am mum. [...]

I sometimes join the 3 Ms (Moira, Maureen and Mairi) for an early morning run on Wednesdays and Fridays. They have been doing early runs for years ever since Maureen’s now grown-up children were young. For them, these morning outings are the ideal opportunity  to squeeze in a run before their children get up and/or [...]

It rained and rained this morning during our regular Glasgow Tri Club Sunday morning run – but no-one seemed to care that much. Good chat and a nice route through Pollok Country Park on the southside of Glasgow kept our minds off our soaked kit and sloshing trainers. The great thing about the Sunday run [...]

A tri club pal texted last night to suggest an early morning run up Ben Vorlich, close to Loch Lomond. How could Fiona Outdoors resist this challenge? As luck would have it, the husband (Mr Outdoors) was off work and had already agreed to take care of our daughter so I took the rare opportunity [...]