I'm pretty grateful they decided to do this, but more impressed that they put themselves through a race in the River Clyde given what a lovely and clean river it is! The race itself is a 10k run with a few easy obstacles along the way to break it up, a bit of kayaking half way round then back to the start at the riverside transport museum for a swim and big jump off a plank off the tall ship to finish. It was a great laugh and everyone completed it and had fun along the way.
We were unsure if we were all going to run it together, but it happened that we eventually paired up with someone of the same speed. This was decided for Nikki and I at the start when we were herded into the start pen and ending up on the front row due to being stood by the gate during the brief/warm-up! 3, 2, 1, go! We were off! Having done no training whatsoever, with the last run I did being over 6 months ago due to my painful knees we were quickly overtaken by the more serious runners. It didn't matter though as we were there primarily for the fundraising and a bit of banter and fun. To this end it was great to run with Nikki and we had a great time, even with my athletic commentry! Just a shame on the kayak we didn't manage to pick up the bottle of floating Buckfast someone was obviously enjoying the night before!
In the end we came in 74 & 75 out of 500+ which was a pretty respectable in a time of 1hr 20mins ish. The rest of the team started rolling in over the next half hour, giving us time to be in a position to shout abuse/banter at them as they were going to jump off the tall ship plank!
The team raised around £1,500 for Mountain Rescue Scotland, surpassing any expectation of what I hoped we would achieve. A massive thanks to everyone who sponsored us, it's a fantastic total I'm sure they will be able to do lots with. It's great to know the MRT are there for if we get into difficulties in the hills. They do an amazing job, go out in all conditions and give up their time freely to come to people's aid. A massive amount of respect.
(Our sponsor page is http://www.justgiving.com/teams/thefallguy)
