Do The Right Thing

OK, so the raw figures of this ride look pretty sluggish. But I was on Wilf, my Sturdy Commuting Bike, and it was windy (not blowing a hoolie, but enough to slow you down, and somehow ALWAYS in your face). As usual I’d faffed about in the office before heading off for an after-lunch meeting […]

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I’m behind with my posting, so I’ll keep this brief. After the discomfort in my right heel on Monday, the run with Shana on Tuesday wasn’t going to be followed by an I’m-A-Triathlete-On-A-Mission run. So I let her choose where we ran, and I’m pleased to say that she chose well - to the lighthouse […]

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I may have been over-doing things with the running - especially the hill repeats. I’ve got some aching in my right achilles tendon, around the heel, and along the outside edge of the sole.
I even went so far as to buy a book on running injuries today. Yeah, I know - self diagnosis instead of […]

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I’ve just got back from a really disappointing pool session. And I’m not at all happy. Not happy at all. Grrrrrr!
It’s the last Monday of the month, so that means a 400m time trial at the NE31’s swim session. After last Friday’s performance in the pool (2:30 / 100m pace over 1,000m), which was taking […]

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Following Brad’s advice, I went for a short run this afternoon when I got home from my ride. My legs felt pretty heavy . . . but the pace seemed pretty quick, according to the stopwatch. I did 6:28 for the first mile (WHAT?!) 4:29 (about 0.6 miles) for the middle section, and then 6:38 […]

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After the mayhem of Daughter’s birthday party yesterday, I ended up drinking a little more than intended over dinner with my parents last night. So the plans for an early O’clock ride went right out the window, and I ended up not leaving the house ’till almost two O’clock. Not due to a hangover, I […]

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Jazz legend & bewildered quiz master, Humphrey Lyttelton died last night. As well as being a trumpeter that even Louis Armstrong looked up to (no, really), the 86 year-old was the accidental anchor-man for Radio 4’s long-running quiz, I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue.
This has been one of my favourite shows for years. The BBC […]

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OK, when the revolution comes, Visa will probably be sent off to the Gulag with the rest of ‘em. In the meantime though, I guess they might as well make adverts that make me smile. Well, this one, anyway:

Why’s it posted here? Well it’s got a kind of run-bike-run duathlon thing going on.

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I’ve seen this guy several times in the last week. He’s quite a big bloke, riding a beaten up mountain bike, but wearing full-on winter gear. Long tights, coat (with several layers of padding underneath by the look of it. I mean clothing padding), and a balaclava pulled up to cover most of his face.
The […]

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With my parents arriving last night, I missed the NE31 club’s swim session. So I headed off to Tynemouth pool this morning for a short-ish swim. Unlike the club swims though, I did this as a more or less continuous effort. None of that hanging around at the end of the pool chatting & wondering […]

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