Archive for March, 2010

Meh. Just couldn’t find my rhythm today. Workout: Type: Swim Date: 03/31/2010 Time: 04:01:41 Total Time: 1:02:30.00 Calories: 456 Distance: 2,285.27 m Average Pace: 2:44.48/100m
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So we entered a team of misfits for the North Shields Poly Grand Prix race series. Competing against a bunch of club runners . . . we won the series, and one of our members came first overall! Strangely enough, this is the first time I’ve ever won anything for being sporty. Wooo! Workout: Type: Run Date: 03/30/2010 Time:...
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Nowt much to say really: 400yds easy warm-up Two sets of 3 x 200yds with 30s recovery between each; 175 easy + 25 hard; 150 easy + 50 hard; 125 easy + 75 hard 400yds cool down Workout: Type: Swim Date: 03/29/2010 Time: 14:18:42 Total Time: 00:45:00.00 Calories: 383 Distance: 1,828.8 m Average Pace: 2:27.17/100m
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What with the change in the clocks and generally being pretty tired, I didn’t set off at the crack of dawn for this one. If I had, I might have had some of the day left by the time I got home. The route was through Newcastle, and then off into the hills around Consett...
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Last Friday (a whole week ago) was my comeback gig . . . a return to the live circuit . . . the stage and the thrill of the crowd. Or something like that anyway. I was the guest speaker at The Darlington Cycling Campaign . The subject was, "What’s needed to make riding a...
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This is the time management that means I get to train for stuff AND stay married. Now that long runs are heading above 15 miles they just take too long to fit into ’spare’ time, so I have to double them up with something else. So for the next twelve weeks or so, I’m getting...
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Pick a high crime area, and use a single mini U-lock to tether two bikes, while you head off for dinner. (via Cyclelicious ) When you return, the chances are that the front wheels of both bikes will be missing, though with any luck you’ll still have the rear ones. So if you can somehow manage...
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Remember earlier in the week, I was asking how much water you take with you on longer rides ? Well there are obviously other problems on longer rides - all that water’s got to go somewhere, but you also need a comfortable saddle. Which I guess, is where these guys’ invention pretty much hits the...
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Big swim today - 120 lengths of the pool. Turns out that although this is quite a long way, the time passes surprisingly quickly. And doing so many lengths, you get time to think about your stroke. Or something like that. Workout: Type: Swim Date: 03/25/2010 Time: 08:52:50 Total Time: 1:12:00.00 Calories: 613 Distance: 2,743.2 m Average Pace: 2:37.53/100m
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That green area behind the car is the cyclists’ waiting area, reserved for bikes, in front of the advanced stop line, where the car should have stopped? The car has stopped, blocking the pedestrian crossing? The driver made a valiant effort to beat the lights (racing past me in the filter lane), but...
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