Fitness

Remember that problem with my patella ligament from before the Ironman? It’s no better (OK - a whole lot worse), and I’m taking 3 months off running. Bah!
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So the plan was to be up and on the road by about 5:45, giving me time for a quick half marathon & to get back home in time for a shower and to get to work. It didn’t quite pan out like that though, and I ended up leaving the house at 6:20, so...
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Thursday is bike day for work, and again I had a whole lot of time with clients scheduled - at their premises rather than mine, so that meant sensible, civilised cycling. I’m sure I could have planned this better, but I ended up doing nearly 40 miles . . . . . . and...
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65 mile bike ride: Just exactly how can the chuffing wind be in my face the whole way round? And given that it’s nearly the middle of May, why is it so sodding cold? And why are the road surfaces still in such shamefully poor condition? And how come no-one told me that when the sun shines,...
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So my Decadent In-laws are here to stay and it’s the school holidays. Normally I’d do my long ride on a Sunday, but we’d hatched a plan for a picnic on Holy Island - the family would drive, and I’d cycle there before hitching a lift home. I plotted my route . . . ....
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Beautiful day . . . but that wind from the North East, over the sea was just freezing. The ride in was pretty tough as a result, and the ride home an absolute blast. Like so much to do with riding a bike, there are Yehuda Moon strips to supply the visuals (click to...
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I thought I’d been being good. But apparently not - the beer I drank during recovery week didn’t make up for the vast quantities of food I wasn’t eating. When I got on the scales this morning, my weight was back down at 11st - 70kg. This is not good, as it means I’ve...
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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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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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Not! OK - we’re off-topic here (there aren’t even any bikes in the background of the animation), but watch it anyway. It’ll only take just over eight minutes of your life, which is pretty short for a slice of education! (Brought to you via the eternally productive gwadzilla - so there’s your link to bikes.)
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