IRONMAN UK (BOLTON, 2017) Having gone though an ‘Age Group’ triathlon/duathlon phase in previous years it was always going to be interesting comparing that experience to the parallel ‘big event’ experience of a branded Ironman. The purpose of this post is just to briefly explain the event and then give a little insight into MY training, in…
I’ll take that weather. A little bit of everything more than I’d like (rain, temp wind) but fine and could have easily been a whole lot worse. Although knowing the West Coast it still may well be worse yet. I have my new deeper rimmed front wheel, a Mavic CXR 60, on the front and an…
This weekend just finished was nice and ‘easy’ with ‘only’ about 6.5 hours of training. Although the taper started last week the training influence curve is still positive for a few more days, so I reckon that there is still a little bit of beneficial training to be had. This weekend was a race-kit testing weekend…
Two posts in one title. You lucky people. My granny’s new rear cassette just arrived. 11-32T. I don’t think I’ve ever had such a massive ring on my TTs rear end. the one on my MTB is probably even smaller than this one. Actually it may well even be the exact same cassette…I didn’t check.…
Finally, today marks the start of my 3-week taper. The 14/15 hours this week seems positively easy in comparison to what I should have been doing in the last 3 weeks. I am left with this quandary: 3.8km Swim – OK I’ve done more than that in very many club sessions. But never continuously. I’ve managed…
The music lovers and more senior athletes amongst you will recognise the oblique reference in the title to Bat out of Hell. If neither the title nor that reference mean anything to you then, don’t worry, you’re almost certainly faster/younger than me 😉 After the running injury debacle a couple of months ago, things in…
I’ve had a rather enjoyable weekend training. If you are in the UK you might know that the weather has been pretty awesome recently and that we now have a weekend with a public holiday. My first visit to the lake was yesterday and it was actually quite warm. Bizarrely so (physics). My first visit…
