Wegovy Athlete Diaries... the Solo Point Five prep edition
'So if the swim is about 40-45 mins, and Saturday's Bealach Sportive took 4 hours...' This morning I found myself talking goals and possibilities for this year's Celtman Solo Point Five with Alan, who if you've read my blog before you'll know is my coach. I spent this weekend in Shieldaig, home of Celtman, doing the Bealach na Ba Sportive on Saturday followed by a swim round Shieldaig Island on Sunday. On the face of it, that doesn't sound like an unusual conversation. It's pretty normal to work out how things might go, with a few weeks to go to this year's main event. BUT. This is very different. It occurred to me this afternoon, that not once in that conversation did we mention cut-off times. For the first time ever, I'm taking part in a really hard event, and I'm confident that, barring catastrophes like illness, injury or a mechanical, I will make the cut-off times and get to the finish. I mean, nothing is guaranteed with a ra...