Marathon #6: May 2020 – Socially distanced in Stonehaven

I ran this marathon for Jessica and Rosie:

I should have been running the inaugural Loch Ness 360, but instead I pushed my May marathon back as far as possible in the hope that lockdown would be eased enough that I could have a friend join me for virtual marathon #3. Finally on the 28th May, Nicola Sturgeon announced we were moving into phase 1 and two people from different households could meet up, with physical distancing – HURRAH!

So, on Saturday 30th May I met Tracey in Stonehaven on a glorious sunny day and we ran the VE day virtual marathon. It was so good to see her in real life! We plotted a big cirular route, taking in the war memorial, the castle, Elsick Mounth and back down into Stonehaven.

There isn’t much to say except it was AWESOME to have a real life running buddy and we blethered and bimbled and got the job done. Oh and at the end we decided to try and find a trig point (more on that in a future blog), which was trickier than we thought as it was in a thick gorse bush. And social distancing in a gorse bush is very tricky, but it did give something for Rhona to limerick about!