I’ve completed a few HIMs over the last 3 years and one Ironman. I’ve used the STRYD Footpod for most of them. But I was never quite sure how my rFTP translated into my target power for running on race day. IE how it translated for running at least a Half Marathon when fatigued from…
COMPETITION CLOSED No more entries accepted after the last comment by me, below. Sorry Winner list will be published in a separate post and winners will be individually notified ————————————————————————————————————————— It’s March so it must be GADGET GIVEAWAY month. The eagle-eyed amongst you will have also spotted that today is National Old Stuff Day. Let’s…
I’ve done Hever’s GAUNTLET Half-Iron distance triathlon a few times now. I seem to be losing the ‘5k’ in me somewhat. I actually enjoyed a quarter of a day of race fun throughout the beautiful Kent countryside and, also beautiful, Hever Castle grounds. I was even looking forward to the race despite running VERY little since IMUK because…
BMC-ETIXX-sponsored athlete Emma Pallant won Challenge Gran Canaria (Middle Distance Triathlon) by 6 seconds and here she is sporting the Polar M200 and a nice Polar-sponsored T-shirt, below. The often politically-correct BBC fail again to give her (and women’s sport in general) equal billing with their limited coverage of the pro race. Instead they cover the Yorkshire-bloke…
The image says it all really 14 May 2017: Half Marathon in Henley, 30% off. Enter (here) Some of F3’s other events, below. I’m doing the Windsor half I hope. Saturday18March 2017 Windsor & Eton Half Marathon – Dorney Lake Sunday19March 2017 Windsor 5km, 10km 15km, 20km Fun Run Saturday15April 2017 Windsor 5km, 10km,…
I just had this post-Autumn race panic. You know, in autumn when you fill the next year’s diary full of races and then forget about them. January arrives and you realise you have a race in a couple of weeks rather than at some nebulous point ‘next year’. That was my panic. For some reason…
It’s still sinking in that I am supposedly doing a full Ironman in 2017. Of course that means at least vaguely trying to run something like a Marathon at some point. Luckily I did a few half marathons this year and half irons. So hopefully I’m there or thereabouts already on the fitness front if…
The Half-Iron Distance GAUNTLET is a significant challenge. 70.3 and full distance triathlons are not for the faint hearted. The GAUNTLET at HEVER also combines the difficulty of the distance with one of the harder half-Iron bike courses in the UK. The race organisation is very good. Lots of helpful people/volunteers/marshals are at every turn.…
I went to support a fellow runner in the Richmond running Festival 2016 10k. It starts in Kew Gardens (Free Entry to spectators!!) and finishes in Old Deer Park near Richmond Town Centre…it’s where one of the parkruns are. the route winds through Kew Gardens (very scenic) and down the Thames Towpath (very scenic). Similarly…
Should I ? Or shouldn’t I? Do I go Garmin for the Hever HIM this weekend? I know the Garmin Forerunner 920XT will be fine as will the Garmin HRM-TRI. I have some new apps to try out on the Garmin Edge 820 from XERT that are super cool. The Garmin footpod is a necessity…
Apparently I’m doing the half-iron in a couple of weeks at Hever, Kent. Use of “Apparently” shows how well I have prepared. Strategy last time was to splash around a lot and then not let ANYBODY pass me on the 2x bike laps. And that included people on the OLY who sort of join half…
Richmond Marathon: September 18th, 2016 (info) Should I or shouldn’t I? The UK’s most picturesque City-marathon is getting closer and I still have to enter. I decided I wasn’t going to do it because of scheduling reasons. As I sit here a bit ill, it seems like a wise choice. But no doubt I will…
Richmond Marathon: September 18th, 2016 (info) New to the Richmond Running Festival this year is the inaugural MARATHON. Apparently there are only 1,500 places (no I’m not doing the race). But I do know the area reasonably well. This must surely be the prettiest Marathon route in the UK. Forget sightseeing in SW London…just do the…
Today was: 2x [10′ easy, 10′ HM pace and then 10′ 5k pace] 2x Vintage Will and Grace, 5′ rest interval 3x 70ml Malbec, no rest. Nailed the whole lot and feel really good about it. I drink virtually nothing these days which might account for me being slower than in ‘the good old days’…
Today seems to have something easier planned for me as Hackney looms. According to my Sports Computer (clunky old spreadsheet) today is the last truly effective day of training and from now on it it’s taper time. Time to get grumpy and want to train more. Of course this creates less fatigue and frees up…
My official Half Marathon plan, in preparation for Run Hackney, for this weekend says: Saturday: 45 minutes easy Sunday: 90 minutes easy If you do triathlon you will realise this is a great weekend. Of course as a triathlete you are highly educated in all matters of sports science and have read widely. You are finely tuned to…
Above are my power outputs whilst running the North London Half Marathon (HM) at the weekend. This HM is a hilly one (elevation also shown above) and so presumably the ideal place to use a power-running device like STRYD. I’m not sure how hilly it is in the grand scheme of hilly HMs but, for me,…
Well I’m already booked but just got this notification through for imminent closing of entries for North London Half. Entries close soon on 22nd feb. with the race on Mar 20.
Interesting pace planning tool for the London Marathon www.thepacingproject.com. More so in the biking world there are tools to plan your race strategy over the undulations you encounter. It looks like TrainingPeak efforts with the pacing project seem to have the equivalent goal in mind for the major marathons. It won’t help me though as…
I had a bit of a mad day on Saturday in the rain. One of those ‘It seemed like a good idea at the time moments’ Of course, in hindsight, they never are. The plan was 90 ish (that means a bit less) minutes running followed by 4 and a half hours or so of…
