GTC FionaOutdoors Aquathlon in pictures
I am sponsoring a series of Glasgow Tri Club aquathlons (for charity). I wrote about taking part in my first aquathlon. Graham Milne took a series of fantastic photos. I thought this blog would...
Category: Triathlon
My first aquathlon race
I couldn’t remember the last time I put on my open water swimming wetsuit. It might have been last summer for a very short relay triathlon race with Glasgow Triathlon Club pals at Strathclyde...
Lessons learned at Masters swimming session
I didn’t swim in a club as a child. Instead, I had to learn to swim freestyle (crawl) as an adult. It has taken me about 10 years to feel as though I am...
Optilab wrap-around prescription sunglasses
A three-decade search for good quality wrap-around prescription sunglasses ends with Optilabs. I have a prescription of around -6.5. That means I am quite badly myopic (short-sighted). These days I wear fashionable specs with...
The despair of post-skiing fitness
I never thought I’d write this, but last week I found myself despairing at my post-skiing holiday fitness. We had an amazing trip to Utah, Idaho and Wyoming and skied every day for 14...
Heard about the Scottish Cycling, Running and Outdoors Pursuits Show?
On the weekend of March 11 to 13, 2016, a new Scottish Cycling, Running and Outdoors Pursuits Show comes to SECC Glasgow. Organised by city-based PSP Media Group Ltd, the experts behind the Scottish...
Big news (for me): I swam 100 lengths freestyle
If you had told me 10 years ago that I would be able to swim 100 lengths of a 25m pool freestyle (crawl), I would have fallen off the edge of the pool laughing....
OS choose me as a #GetOutside champion
Ordnance Survey (OS) launched a campaign to find 12 #GetOutside champions in the UK. And I have been chosen as one of them! It seems I impressed OS with my work and passion for the great...
Dry wet footwear with Tioram quickdries
Today I went for a run. One foot was dry while the other foot was wet. That’s because one trainer was dry while the other one was wet. And all this came about because...
Charlie McLeod Sports Cloak
If you enjoy open water swimming or you find yourself at races without a private place to change (and you are not keen on revealing flesh) an over-the-head cloak or towel is a great...
