Edinburgh Day 4

Tuesday, 16 July 2024

I spent the night coughing so I got up feeling pretty tired and yuk this morning. I wasn't sure I'd be able to run our second last tour event today but after being vertical for a while I felt like I could at least start it and take it easy.

The long urban race started from near the Meadows - my course was over 6k, Zali and Jon's were 8 and Jett had 10k. Edinburgh isn't flat so there were lots of steps and zillions of tourists to negotiate on the way.  Despite feeling crappy it was good fun - particularly running through the Royal Mile and in and out of lots of tiny alleyways and streets.   

Afterwards we caught a bus back into town and strolled up the mile to the castle, where we had entry tickets for the afternoon.  Unfortunately it started raining as we got there and I was definitely feeling pretty bad by that time so it wasn't the greatest experience despite the good views.

Nevertheless we wandered around for as long as we could bear then walked back across Princes Park to the bus home.

Tomorrow is the last day - we'll be watching the knockout sprint qualifying in the morning then the finals in the late afternoon - it should be good fun.