Ran 5 miles to Musselburgh, and took the following photos on the way. They show the debris left by yesterday’s high tide along the front. Tomorrow’s high tide will be very high, as well.
Looking east, to Joppa
Approaching Fisherrow
The Promenade, Fisherrow
Sandbags along the Esk
River Esk, an hour before today's high tide
It’s been too rainy to run today, so I went to Portobello Baths instead and did 60 lengths. Outside, along the prom, is wasn’t half wild. Contrast the following photos with the ones I took two days ago.
Porty beach, this afternoon at high tide
Porty prom
Porty prom
What the following photos don’t indicate is how very windy it was at the top of Carnethy Hill, in the Pentlands, yesterday. Some people who were walking into the wind were finding it difficult to descend. The various fell runners were running with the wind at their backs.
Looking over to Hare Hill
Looking north-east from above The Howe
View to the north from the top of Carnethy Hill
North east, from the top of Carnethy Hill (576m)
View to Scald Law
Taken during my run on Friday, the following two photos show the tractor at work cleaning up Portobello beach. It does this every day, and the result is a lovely clean beach.
Portobello beach tractor
Portobello beach tractor
It’s not so long since the Seafield roundabout at Portobello was replaced at a cost of over £3 million. So – what happens next? They start to dig the road up again! Unbelievable! The roads in Edinburgh are dug up far too often. Better planning is called for.
Seafield roundabout
Shaun (2nd from left) and pals (Elliot, Allan and Mike), about to get a lift to Edinburgh airport, on their way to Amsterdam.
Shaun and pals
To celebrate Lindsey’s birthday on Saturday we had lunch in the Il Castello restaurant. Lovely meal:
Birthday girl
Minestrone soup
Main course
Then we walked round Edinburgh Castle:
View to the north west
Above Mons Meg
Looking towards Arthur's Seat from the Half Moon Battery
Yesterday I ran in the Alloa Half Marathon. That’s the first one for twenty years. I think I previously ran in the Alloa Half Marathon in 1980 or thereabouts. My time was about 20 minutes slower than I used to run in my thirties, but it was a surprisingly easy run yesterday.
Before the race
The queue for the toilets before the race
At the start
I ran behind 'Runs like a girl' for a mile or so
5 mile marker
9 mile marker, with Ochil Hills to the right
11 mile marker, after a hill at 10 miles
In sight of the finish
After the race
A wonderful thing about running in such races is the number of people who line the road and provide encouragement. The people who organise the water stations also do a fantastic job.
According to the results:
404 RODERICK MACLEOD 804 02:02:36 795 02:01:03 596 M 29 M55 UNATTACHED
My chip time was 2:01:03. You wear a chip round your ankle and this gives you an accurate time from start to finish. My time was 795th out of over 1,000 starters, and I was 29th in my category (male, over 55). The winner was TSEGEZAB WOLDEMICHAEL 01:04:51 *course record.
