Tiree Fitness

Team Tiree training camps took place during the Easter holidays. A mix of visitors and local residents took part in the 3 day camp which focussed on mountain biking and running.

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An invitation to join a impromptu cycle tomorrow – some of you may remember a couple of years ago the Tiree Baptist Church organized a Weekend of Sanctuary for refugees now living in Halifax – there were some remarkable people who had endured terrible hardships who came to Tiree and it was a privilege to meet them. Anyway, one of those people was Odeta, she is from Rwanda and now lives and works in Halifax. She lost her 3 children in horrible circumstances as she escaped to the UK, her children are alive but she hasn’t seen them for 10 years. To cut a long story short, the children have been found in Uganda and she has a hearing on Thursday this week where the courts will decide if she can bring her eldest daughter to the UK and be reunited with her. Becky and John are traveling down to Halifax today to appear as character witnesses and give their support to her.
The nursing home that Odeta works in has just closed down which adds to her difficulties so I figured a simple way we could help on the day of her hearing would be to do a sponsored cycle round the Tiree loop – £5 entry – all goes to help Odetta – I’ve got some prizes – you can start whenever/wherever you like, join up or do it on your own whatever you like. If you cant do it then sponsor someone else to do it. I’m raising the bar and getting up early in the morning to attempt to ride 100 miles on Tiree so if you’re looking for someone to do the work for you put your £5 on me. Hopefully I will see some of you out on your bikes. The hearing is at 10am tomorrow. Let me know if you’re in or if you want to sponsor.

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Well done everyone who did the run on Sunday. Part of the lead up to the Tiree 10k in May means doing a 5km challenge every month. All the times are logged so in a few weeks we’re doing this again. Anyone who missed the run you’re welcome to post your own times. Just drop me an email. We’re seeing some encouraging results so keep up the good work everyone.

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It’s been a challenging winter for getting out training. In fact getting out at all has been a struggle at times with winds reaching over 100mph and rain lashing the island and wreaking havoc with the roads. November and December were a write off but the last couple of months have been pretty solid. Anyway, race season is coming up so it’s a case of just getting on with it.

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So far I’ve got times from 11 people, I know there’s more of you who have done this so can you let me know how you got on. It’s time for round 2 as we come towards the end of February so put your trainers back on and head out the door. Fortunately the weather has been stunning recently with plenty of rain and wind to keep us refreshed so no excuses please.

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