We have been enjoying more and more cycling over the past few months (well, Sara has - Tim cycles a lot anyway) and decided to put our fitness to the test in the "10 under the Ben" Mountainbike event in Fort William.
It is a 10 hours Mountainbike Marathon - with hundreds of participants and a friendly atmosphere - see photo of mass start below. Over the ten hours team members take it in turns to ride as many laps of a set course as possible. There are many categories Trios, Quads, Solos and our category Mixed Senior Pairs and to our surprise we came second place with 9 laps. Hopefully that will prep the legs for the Norwegian hills.
All in all it was a great day out - hard work , but fun and no midges whatsoever - a true Scottish treat!
