Do The Right Thing

No, I’ve never worn spandex hot pants. Well, there was once, but that was a long time ago. What I have in common with Abba is that I’m famous in Sweden.
Actually, I have no idea if Abba are actually famous in Sweden, or if they were just an export phenomenon.
Anyway. Whatever. I’m famous for appearing […]

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The results from the 2008 Hebburn Triathlon have now been published on tri247.com:

Fat Robbie:   1:07:17 & 85th Overall;

Swim - 8:10 & 121st
Bike & T1 - 37:42 & 89th
Run & T2 - 21:25 & 77th

Me:  1:09:12 & 100th Overall;

Swim - 11:10 & 184th
Bike & T1 - 36:41 & 69th
Run & T2 - 21:21 & 75th

So there […]

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Today was the Hebburn Triathlon! Fat Robbie came up for the race, and as I’d managed to get us Early o’clock starts again, we had to get up at the crack of dawn. Yawn.
Seeing as I’ve got this niggling plantar frasciitis injury, I decided to take the race nice and easy - more of an […]

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I was at a networking thing in Newcastle yesterday evening. Somehow, although I’m supposed to be talking Work at these things, the conversation always gets around to cycling. Talking with a small group, I was impressed that two of them actually brought up the subject of cycling without (much) prompting from me.
The first - a […]

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This via UltraRob on Twitter. One of New York’s ‘finest’ assaulting a cyclist during a Critical Mass thing:

Full story on the New York Times’ City Room blog.
Cyclists are a minority group (less than 5% of the population), and in other circumstances similar to this, the result’s been rioting. Maybe it’s a good job that we’re […]

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Maybe I’m getting old, or it’s just an attempt to buck the system. But I have the urge to get a bike that’s seriously comfortable.
Inspired by sites like Copenhagenize.com (and it’s twin -  CopenhagenCycleChic.com), Amsterdamize.com, and even Yehuda Moon and the Kickstand Cyclery, I’ve started looking at a more traditional, upright type of bike. For […]

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Meh! I need a new challenge.  Couple of weeks back, I saw that someone hereabouts had posted about a 100 push-ups challenge. Being as I’m on the thin and weedy side of things above the waist, rather like the ‘before’ picture in the Charles Atlas adverts, I’ve never been able to do push ups (or […]

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. . . a reproduction from an email summary I sent to a friend this evening:
I finished with a time of 6hrs 2 mins - and not in last place. Splits:

Swim (2000m) 55mins - last out of the water
T1: 2:30 or so
Bike (58 miles) 3h 22mins. Freezing cold rain for all but the […]

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The run was interesting.
I hadn’t banked on it being such a cross-country affair, nor on the weather being so wet. I also thought that the route was a simple out-and-back, so within 200m of what I thought was the end of the first lap, when the route headed off for a circuit of the lake […]

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T2 went more or less according to plan. Bearing in mind how far down the field I was, there was a little awkwardness getting my bike back into its slot, and I managed to drop one of the bottles out of my belt while putting it on . . . but my legs felt fine, […]

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