Fitness

While I was out on Sunday, another rider tagged along for a while, and was a bit surprised at the volume of fluids I had with me: Four, 750ml (30oz) bottles, filled with High5 Zero (electrolytes with a lemon flavour; no sugar & no carbohydrates) He was so astonished at this, that he even asked me...
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Does riding a traditional British roadster count as Ironman training? When you’re riding to the train station & back? Depends on your thinking really. I had just run 14 miles, this is a heavy bike, and the headwind on the way in was totally relentless. So I’m logging it! Workout: Type: Cycle Date: 03/19/2010 Total Time: 2:00:00.00 Calories: 1168 Distance: 24...
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There’s this strange thing with coaches who don’t specialise in working with multi-sport athletes. They assume that we have all the time in the world, and that life isn’t a constant battle against the schedule, and that their particular sport is the one that we think we need to dedicate most every minute of...
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Two things about Ironman training: It takes up a lot of time You burn a LOT of calories So in the first week of March - the last of my Base 2 training period, I ate like a horse at every meal (to the point of feeling uncomfortably full), and I still dropped 3lbs over the week. Last...
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You remember the unwritten rule of cycling when it’s windy? The one that says the wind will miraculously change direction and be right in your face for the ride home as well as the ride out? Well it DIDN’T happen last Friday! Ride to work was head-to-head with a 20mph wind from the North, interspersed with...
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The last workout of my rest / recovery week that marks the end of Base 2 training period was immediately after my ride home, to make it a mini-brick. Sensibly, I ran out into the wind, and again got a flying second half, averaging somewhere just above 6:30 per mile. Now. If only I can...
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At various times, you might have heard me raving about Wife’s flapjacks. These are without question THE fuel of champions - just perfect for long rides. So perfect that they can no-longer be kept a secret. So I’ve dusted off my Minox A / IIIs camera and broken into the kitchen to steal the...
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So after the bike . . . the run. I got home just after midday, and it was warm enough for me to change - my first time in shots this year! I just hope that the sight of my winter legs didn’t scare too many horses / offend public decency too badly. This was...
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Yep. I’m pretty good at this. Usually it’s because I forget to drink enough before / during / after exercise. Or I drink the wrong kind of stuff (Guinness may well be good for you, but not during a race!). But this one was a whole new experience in incompetence for me… … I was...
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Bikeportland.org yesterday featured a map showing their local accident blackspots for cyclists: What you’ll notice from this is that accidents seem to happen more on busier streets, and most frequently at junctions. (In other news, the sky is apparently blue, grass green, and dogs found to bark). You can see this even more clearly on...
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