Scottish Coast To Coast (RatRace) 2014
September 13th/14th 2014 Day 1: 7 mile run 48 mile cycle 1 mile kayak Day 2 34 mile cycle (off road) 14 mile run 2 mile kayak Training The mountain bike Rucksack testing Race preparation This include driving the 9 or so hours up to Nairn, registering and scooting along to transition in excitement! When we arrived we found it would be at least an hour until my hire bike was ready (they were still in lorries) so we took our time chomping down some lunch and taking in the surroundings. What particularly stood out to me was the lack of any visible castle - but all would be revealed tomorrow... Setting up in transition we quickly realised that we only really wanted to leave the bikes, and even those we didn't leave with full pressure tyres due to the expected large temperature drop overnight. I finally managed to procure my bike from Wheels - it looked pretty decent and not too different to my own cross bike. The guys kindly whacked on my SPD-SL pedals and ...