Running Machine - 30 mins - 4.34km

So the plan with the running machine is to get faster and to run for longer. I appreciate that it's not the same as road running but it's a useful tool. At the moment I'm doing 8.6km/h and plan to increase it by 0.1 every run and once I've reached the 5km mark on the machine I'll start increasing the time by 5 minutes each day.

We'll see what happens!

North Berwick Cycle - 40km - 1 Hour 59 mins

Tash and I did this 2 weeks ago. It was a great ride but really more of a gossip and catch up than any kind of training ride.

It was great to be out on the coast road down to North Berwick and there was loads of other cyclists and not much in the way of traffic. I'd never been down that neck of the woods and the scenery just made the miles disappear without even realising it.

The plan is to do this again but at speed but after deciding that we opted to jump on the train back to Edinburgh and have a quick coffee with some more chat and banter. All in all a really nice day out on the tarmac.

One annoying this is that the rear derailier on the Trek is playing up really badly since the Glasgow-Edinburgh crash. I've footered around with it for ages now but I guess it's time for the professionals to get in on the act as it's no fun pedalling up hill when your gears have a mind of their own.

Arthur's Seat Run - 5.3km - 40mins 31 sec

I really can't make my mind up if today's run was good or a nightmare!

The time posted if obviously faster than last time and only slightly shy of the 40 minute mark. I think we both knew that it was going to be a faster time as we only stopped for 3 very short walks. The weather was also better in so far as it was dry and sunny.

However, it was sooooo windy and it didn't matter which direction we ran in, the wind was always in our face... and it blowed (in more ways than one!) We really struggled and it was definitely at it's worse during the up hill segment.

Thankfully the down hill was great and we cruised to the end of the run without to much of an issue. The usual sprint finish was obligatory but we missed out on 40 mins by a few seconds but at least it gives us something to aim for next time.

Of note, weirdly so, the cycle there and back took exactly the same as it did last time... to the second.

Arthur's Seat Run - 5.3km - 43 min 10 sec

OK. I've been bad. It's been ages since I've ran and this is the first time I've EVER run since coming to Edinburgh. Thanks to Simon for making me get off the couch today and jog round Arthur's Seat.

The weather was a bit miserable which was unfortunate since I had the camera with me and was hoping for some tasty pics from the top. Alas it was not to be and what was more unfortunate is that yesterday it was lovely which was when we were suppose to run it. The view was still not too bad though - as shown above.

Next time!

Also the cycle over to the Parliment Building and back is 13.3km so that an extra wee bit of exercise thrown in. Very hilly though and took 42min and 42 sec. Poor!