Tuesday lunchtime saw the end of an era. Stewart Whitlie has been doing Tuesday lunchtime intervals at Inverleith Park since the late 90s but that has now come to an end (for just now…) as RBS are relocating him to the Gyle to set up a new lunchtime interval training group. It was fitting that there was a record turnout of 24, the majority in their club vests, to say farewell. After the proper hard work of the session – intervals of 8mins, 4 x 2mins and 8mins with short recoveries, the final fun ‘event’ was a 4 person relay round the 1km(ish) loop which Stewart has used as his staple interval for the majority of those years. The only catch for Stewart was that he was on his own team of one, guaranteeing last place, and the last place prize!
Mark Johnston