Inspired by a smiling Legend

The commute...it's ON! To be completely honest it wasn't as bad as I was thinking it would be. Since the last time I did it (last year!!) I've moved house and added an extra 3 miles each way. Coupled with the complete and utter lack of biking, it was enough to worry me. I was OK and in fact as I was rushed in the morning it had to be swift and I got back in just over the hour which is good going for a 21 mile hilly ride!

So, running is becoming regular again, as is swimming and now the biking has found a place!

I've also, possibly, found a new swim venue which is very local...I may have to swim a la stealth as I can't seem to find out who to ask to get permission? It's used by a local fishing club but I don't think they own 'The great pond of stubbing'? I decided to check it out as part of a new run which takes in the 'pond' a bit of woodland running and, more importantly for Celtman training, a massive bloody hill!

This run felt really good, not the hill obviously, but after a grumpy start I settled into it and genuinely loved running through virgin territory. Maybe the run was a swift one as I needed to be somewhere later that day...

After a quick shower, Beth (my 11 year old daughter) and Bodhi (3 year old son) all jumped in the car and headed down to Bridgtown Bikes for a book signing with non other than CHRISSIE WELLINGTON!!

For those of you who don't know, Chrissie is 4 times world

Ironman Champion. The last one fo which was wonin a phenominal fashion only months after recovering from a bike crash. She's british, she's a champion and she's someone we should be massively proud of!

We managed to meet up with a few folks from BCTTT whilst down there so it was a great chance to meet up with friends (even though one of them reminded me that I'm entered into a duathlon on 1st April! I'd completely forgotten about it! lol!!) Beth seemed to be genuinely star struck and it was good to see that Chrissie is a brilliant role model for her - exactly why I went down!

We did manage to get a good photo as well!

The problem with that level of inspiration is that you tend to then go off and do something stupid. So not only had I done a good run this morning, buoyed up by the inspiration of the Wellington smile I headed back, grabbed the bike and did the commute again for my night shift!

Run, 21 mile commute, night shift and then 21 mile ride home....not a brilliant idea. It was the longest ride home yet!

My legs still hurt.