On Meeting Mr Right

Weather: Where the hell did all the snow come from?
Activity: 5k/3 mile trail run
Today's Tune: Volare (don't ask)
Comment: "I do"

Yes I know I said I'd not be blogging for a few days but ....

Today I woke to a white, white world. Whiter even than yesterday which was pretty white. This morning was so white in fact that the annoyingly chirpy, laundry obsessed cow from the Vanish adverts was shocked into silence and the world was a far nicer place.

I decided however that it wasnt too white to miss my run so I left the house at 6:35 am. I'm on Bob Glovers 12 weeks to half marathon training plan as I got my reminder email from the Coasters GB coordinator yesterday reminding me it was only 12 weeks until I have to run the 15 miles from Aberdeen to Stonehaven  I promised I'd do as part of the Coasters GB relay challenge. So today BG had me doing a 3 mile easy (hurrah!). I regretted my determination to run this morning by oooh, about 6:38am - it was so windy I thought at points I was literally going to be blown over or killed outright by a falling branch. By 6:41 was all ready to call mountain rescue. I jest of course, a normal ambulance would have sufficed.  Got to the halfway boulder after 15 (.35) minutes (I know...) but the return leg was easier with a gale pushing me along - 12(.76) minutes - so roughly a 28-and-a-bit-minute 5km. Its still under 30 mins despite my slovenly ways of late, so am happy.

Happier even still when I walked through the door at Bike Shop and saw The Colnago. What a beautiful, beautiful bike and when I tried it for size, it was as though it had been crafted by the Gods especially for me - and so light it is as though it was made from feathers and angels own breath. Or something. Every single bit of it was just perfect. I wanted to marry it there and then and I freely admit, if it was possible to snog a bike, I would have. Instead, I've given it my number and told it if it ever gets fed up of its present rider and fancies a drink...

In fact, it was a day for beautiful bikes as when I walked into the back, there was a Specialized S Works carbon  H/T which needed a new chainset. I got to do it but with the warning from Bike Boss to not scratch the frame or I would die. I have never torqued a crank screw quite so gingerly.

But you know what the highlight of the day was? Not the Colnago or the Spesh or even the triple chocolate brownies at flytime. Nope - had this little lad in the shop with his dad who had convinced him he was just coming in to help us out 'making sure the little bikes worked'. They left after we got the wee lad sized up very sneakily. Poor wee guy was so gutted to leave this particular green bike which he had fallen in love with and clung to as only a kid can - but little does he know that his dad phoned us when they got home and that very special Little Green Bike will be wrapped and waiting for him to open on his 4th birthday on Monday :)