Medallion Man

 

Every one's a winner!

 Not quite winners but  this is the silver medal  (70 years) team from  the World  Mountain  Running Champs at  Clonmel in Ireland. The  photo depicts me  (Wales), Alex  (Scotland)  and Ernest  (Northern Ireland). We  were beaten to the gold  medals by a team of  Italians none of whom  were taller than Ernest  so, as you can imagine,  I towered over most of  the field.

She won a tin of coke!

And just to remind you that there are two athletes in the family here's Vicky finishing her second Aquathon of the year at Chester. This particular Aquathon consists of a swim in the River Dee followed by a run around The Meadows which is the open parkland by the riverside. It's a very friendly evening event and I might even be persuaded to give it a go next year - provided someone else does the swim leg first. (The tin of coke is handed to everyone as the finish - it's to neutralise the interesting water of the River Dee!) Then again I can happily cycle - what I need is a Duathlon which is a Triathlon without the swim! Whilst we were swanning around Ireland Vicky ticked off the Clonmel parkrun - I was about to start my mountain race and (there was just enough time) I could have done the parkrun and then sprinted on a few hundred yards in time for the big race, but I took the (sensible?) decision to back off on this ambitious double. Just the sort of thing I'd have attempted a few years ago!!