Women's Tri

Arranged to meet a couple of other volunteers (James and Carol) to travel out to the Strathclyde Country Park, where our first shift was to be supporting the Women's elite triathlon.

We had a bit of a hiccup to start with when even after asking, we ended up on a slow train and had to change to get to Motherwell,  where we then had another 20 minutes walk. So a 40 minute journey took us over 1 1/4 hours, meaning that we arrived just as our groups were heading out to be placed round the course.
We checked into workforce and received our first gifts and lunch voucher and settled down to wait for our manager to sort us out.
Eventually she drove us herself, out to the course area where we would be, and after a bit of a trek, we ended at the water aid

station for the run part of the course. This happened also to be on the bike course, so we watched the race unfold before us as the cyclists hurtled past.
Then we got ourselves into position ready to hand out water and the runners coming past had to grab from us on the run, with only a short distance to drink or cool down before having to ditch their rubbish. Failure to throw the bottle before a certain point would have meant disqualification.
A few times though they missed grabbing the bottles, knocking them flying onto the ground, so sometimes we got a little wet, and they got a little frustrated.

Eventually once all competitors were through, we packed up our tables and headed back to the workforce area, getting back just in time to see the medal ceremony.
Once back at  workforce,  James and I had a cuppa while waiting for Carol to join us for the trip back to Glasgow.
The journey back was far quicker. We caught a bus to the station then a faster train back to Glasgow. Far more sensible.
Had a wander into George Square to see what was going on as it was set up for activities and cultural entertainment, had a quick look around the merchandise store before heading back to where I was staying with my friend Joyce.
An evening at the pub to unwind with her neighbours finished the day.
And we get to do it all again on Friday for the Men's elite event.