Archive for June, 2007

After Friday’s aborted bike ride, I took Daughter to her swimming lesson after school. My plan, while she was busy being top-of-the-class (so gratifying for a Competitive Dad), I planned to roll my way up and down the pool for 1000m or so. But somehow, the drive just wasn’t in me. Maybe I was still...
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No, this isn’t a post about fixed wheel riding, but about customer service. I’ve always said that what marks out great organisations isn’t their ability to prevent stuff going wrong, but how well they respond when things do. Actually I’ve not always said that - I used to be a child once, and I was...
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Go for a swim. For some reason I got my own personal raincloud following me around today, and by the evening, I just wanted to slouch in front of the TV and have a few beers. But tonight’s Thursday Night. Which means a swim session with the NE31 Tri club. And just as I’d resigned...
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I’ve just seen the time, so this’ll be short. I went for a run this evening along the beach to the lighthouse. At the weekend, I bought a hydration belt thing, as I just couldn’t get on with the Camelbak-type thing - it requires too much suck to make drinking on the run a...
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I’ve got to have a wetsuit for the Hartlepool Marina Triathlon in August, and I figure that buying sooner rather than later will mean more time to put in some open water practice. I’ve chosen my suit (details once it arrives and gets its first outing), but before I can order it, I need...
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. . . cycle in the gym instead of on the road. When I checked the weather forecast for the week on Saturday evening, I realised that I was going to struggle this week - I had to get at least 80 miles on the bike, but the forecast was for gales and rain, starting...
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I came over feeling all queasy and odd yesterday evening - like I’d either got a virus, or been poisoned. I tried some whey protein powder yesterday, and I’ve the feeling it’s disagreeing with me. So missed my swim session. Looking on the bright side though, I think I may have been due...
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There must be something in the water - like The ZappoMan, I had to force myself to get on the bike this morning to blow away some of last night’s cobwebs - in my case a little too much of that nice fizzy French wine, washed down with some other wine (hic!) And also like...
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Got up late as I forgot to set the alarm. Maybe this was a Freudian slip though, as I wasn’t really in the mood for the planned long bike ride! So I went out for a run in the rain instead. Workout: Type: Run Date: 06/23/2007 Total Time: 00:47:53.00 Distance: 7 miles Average Pace: 6:50.49/mile
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While Daughter was having her Swim Time lesson this evening, I made use of my ‘free time’ in the pool to swim up and down in the roped off lane. The pool we go to always has a roped of lane, which is wide enough for two-way traffic. Outside the hours that children are allowed...
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