July:
July = Commonwealth Games in Glasgow! The standout best month of the year for me. I started work in the Team Scotland prep camp at the beginning of the month, then moved to work in the village on Scotland Street juggling this with much spectating! From a career perspective it was massive to be working at a home multi-sport games. Who knows if that will come around again? And personally I knew or had worked with so many of the athletes competing I felt like I was doing it with them at some points. My high and low point belongs with Jayne Nisbet - my high jumping best friend who experienced the biggest high and the biggest low in a matter of days. The games were just amazing. I also moved house to Edinburgh (great timing) which turned out to be the best thing I've done since moving here!
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| Meeting Clyde with Jayne |
I wrote my first blog in August! It was about the CWG :) aside from this I enjoyed a week long visit from my Dad and little brothers. We did the Edinburgh tourist thing, checked out the festival and were generally entertained! Highlight of the Festival? A hard pick between a work night out I organised (no, noone fell off a table) and Hot Dub Time Machine.
In August I also put my self out there as a 200/400m runner! (I do do athletics promise). I competed in the double at the Scottish Championships and in horrific conditions (classic Scotland) I ran two 400m PB's and made two finals off no training. So I was pretty happy with that :)
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| Ice skating at Murrayfield with Dad and Luke |
The Referendum. For a few scary days I thought Scotland was going to 'Vote Yes' and life would be turned upside down. Thankfully in my opinion Scotland voted 'No'. I also didn't go to the Bestival for the first time in years and years - gutting!
October:
This month belongs to #power2podium. I'd made the fourth and final phase of the talent search for new bobskeleton athletes. During October I spent a week in Bath (my 2nd favourite city) training like a bobskeleton athlete among fellow contenders!! It was a great week; frustrating at times but also good to try new things and meet new people.
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| Phase 4 Power2Podium athletes |
Turning 26! Gah! Usually my birthday's are not the most civilised of events. Last year for example I fell over before leaving the house. Fail. This year however, I managed to keep it together until the club. Three tequilas later I was back to being like bambi on ice with very sore feet! However, it was such a special evening. My best friends and brother all came up to celebrate with me which meant to much!
I can't review November and not mention Lillehammer. The final part of the talent search involved 2 weeks on the ice in Norway. What a two weeks. I completed my first sliding camp (first of many I hope); and I will never know anything like that first slide. Crazy. But seeing as I have blogged extensively about P2P I will leave it there.
And......December:
The highlight? Christmas of course. Time to spend with family and friends - so rare for me!
Happy New Year! x
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