First Team Meeting (almost)
One of the hardest things about training for this team race is going to be getting our team in one place frequently enough to train.
I was working tonight (09.30-23.30) which effectively ruled out a meeting, and since I'd explained this to Robyn, I thought the proposed meeting at 19.00 on Queen Street Station, Glasgow had been postponed until after Christmas.
Two surprising things happened. Firstly, a chap called Jerry, who was on Robyn's list of possibles, rang to ask if the meeting was still on. I thought not, but suggested he check with Dominic & Neil. Jerry had the courtesy to ring back to say it was.
Secondly, and for the only time in five years of reporting for Newsnight Scotland, I was doing a live studio contribution without first having to edit a vt package. "Why don't you push off until 9 o'clock" my editor suggested, and he didn't have to ask twice.
Which is how four of us managed to meet up in Glasgow tonight and, over a bowl of noodles in Wagamama, put faces and voices to names. Sadly, Robyn was still on her way back from a meeting in Edinburgh, so we were without the woman who was pulling all the threads together.
Will this eventually lead to us competing in the Hebridean Challenge? We all hope so. We know that the only way we'll work as a team is if we can train as a team, but if this is anything to go by, that will be a challenge in itself!
The others are going to e-mail me the weekend days in Jan & Feb they're busy, I'll combine the lists, and we'll see if there are any dates we can all get out together - maybe a trip to somewhere outside Edinburgh to bike and run. And really get to know one another.
I was working tonight (09.30-23.30) which effectively ruled out a meeting, and since I'd explained this to Robyn, I thought the proposed meeting at 19.00 on Queen Street Station, Glasgow had been postponed until after Christmas.
Two surprising things happened. Firstly, a chap called Jerry, who was on Robyn's list of possibles, rang to ask if the meeting was still on. I thought not, but suggested he check with Dominic & Neil. Jerry had the courtesy to ring back to say it was.
Secondly, and for the only time in five years of reporting for Newsnight Scotland, I was doing a live studio contribution without first having to edit a vt package. "Why don't you push off until 9 o'clock" my editor suggested, and he didn't have to ask twice.
Which is how four of us managed to meet up in Glasgow tonight and, over a bowl of noodles in Wagamama, put faces and voices to names. Sadly, Robyn was still on her way back from a meeting in Edinburgh, so we were without the woman who was pulling all the threads together.
Will this eventually lead to us competing in the Hebridean Challenge? We all hope so. We know that the only way we'll work as a team is if we can train as a team, but if this is anything to go by, that will be a challenge in itself!
The others are going to e-mail me the weekend days in Jan & Feb they're busy, I'll combine the lists, and we'll see if there are any dates we can all get out together - maybe a trip to somewhere outside Edinburgh to bike and run. And really get to know one another.
posted by Simon Willis at 1:23 AM
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