Do The Right Thing

Nothing much to say - went to the pool on Friday afternoon for my weekly swim with Daughter. While she was playing, I did get a few lengths in, but although it’s now pain free, my shoulder did not feel right . . . and in fact, my left arm was quite sore on Saturday.
I […]

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This evening when I got in, Wife & Daughter had just finished baking some brownies. The kitchen smelt fabulous, and I arrived just in time see ‘em come hot out of the oven. Oh, it’s hard being patient under such circumstances!
Anyway, earlier in the week, I was going to cook another batch of the ‘Good […]

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So after two days taking it easy, it was back to the grindstone this morning. The plan was to put in 50 miles, starting at 6am. But watching just one more episode of Season 4 of Twenty-Four last night made for getting to bed late, so I ended up leaving the house just before seven.
I’ve […]

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So this morning, Shana was back from her week in Turkey. Actually she and her husband took last week as a holiday at rather short notice. The official rumour going around the neighbourhood is that the couple of easy hill repeats we did a couple of weeks back almost killed her, and she had to […]

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So today the official results for the Hartlepool  Marina Triathlon are out . . .
There were 90 finishers on the day, and I did:

Swim - 84th; 23:01
Bike - 65th - 41:59
Run - 40th - 20:07
Overall - 67th - 1:25:07

In a way, I’m a little disappointed - I finished just outside of the bottom quartile.
BUT . […]

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So only the run left to do. And only 5k. Like it says on Run Happy, you know you’re a runner when you describe 5 miles as a short run, and that’s hardly any further than 5k.
Again, lots more overtaking, and I also saw a couple of the guys from the NE31 club, who were […]

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So the run from the water to transition . . . . after a few paces, my legs seemed to start working again, and all I had to do was get out of this wetsuit. Actually it was probably a good job that it was so far from the water to where my bike was […]

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For me, this has been one of the big ones this year. To graduate up from pool-based triathlons to open-water events. If I want to go any further with triathlon, then getting into outdoor water is an absolute must, and something I’ve worked really hard at this year.
So completing this event was a big deal […]

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Two days ’till my next race. After the in-race problems I’ve had this year on teh bike, I’m trying to take fewer chances. I had a good think on Wednesday about what could possibly go wrong this time, and as a result I’ve:

Bought a CO2 tyre inflator. In previous races, I’ve gone out without a […]

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I need your help & feedback. I’ve entered quickreleast.tv’s competition to create a short video to get Joe & Joanna Public out there cycling.
Watch my two-minute entry, below, and if you think it’s funny AND does what quickrelease.tv wanted (”. . . to make Joe and Joanna Public get out there and ride…for the sheer […]

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