Fitness

I know - Yoda would criticise me for not focusing on the present, but, well, I had this thought . . . On Phil Sabin’s great Fitness Over Forty blog today, he was quite rightly celebrating hitting his January target of 300 bike miles. Well, waistloss left a comment, saying that he’d  ” . . ....
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I was going to cycle there . . . and then into tomorrow’s client’s office . . . and the into Newcastle for The Bridge Club (GREAT networking) . . . before heading home. But it’s forecast to be blowing 29mph tomorrow, and my legs are just about done in after this morning’s spin...
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I had my second spin session this morning - 45 minutes of sprints & stand-ups. Seeing as I’m a bit of a teachers’ pet, I always take a place at the front in classes (makes it easier to leave the apple on teacher’s desk . . . ) So anyway, I’m reasonably fit, but by...
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This is something I thought I’d grown out of - it’s a bit embarrassed actually. After I left a comment on Sloan’s Cycling Blog just over a week ago about how I’d got over my ‘Yeeehah I’m IN-DES-TRUC-TABLE!” cycling phase about fifteen years ago . . . I nearly got myself mashed tonight through...
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I’m a bit of an equipment geek - probably in the hope that I can buy my way out of a lack of ability . . . I had to get some new shorts at the weekend, and went to my local sports / chav-chic  super store. Next to the counter, they had a large...
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I read a deeply alarming article on BikeForAll.net about Daniel Cadden, who was prosecuted for ‘Inconsiderate Cycling’. Basically, he had adopted an assertive position on the road, while going down hill, and cars overtaking him were crossing the double white lines down the middle. Rather than prosecuting the drivers, who for the sake of...
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I passed this poster today, and was reminded that it’s now seven years since both my parents and my sister gave up smoking.  Well done to you all - I’m so proud of you! This blog’s morphed into being all about fitness. But getting fit is just an exercise in changing what you do with your...
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A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about buying my very comfortable new running shoes from She Runs He Runs at Bluewater in Kent. They have a great fitting service, where they actually pay attention to your feet and running style / technique. Turns out that if you live in the US, you don’t have...
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No, not the sort of wind that my second* favourite Viz (a UK adult-humour comic) character, Johnny “QUACK!” Fartpants is prone to. It must be this stupid hope of emulating a slice of El Zappoman’s 5,000 mile Odyssey. Last year I’d go out riding on nice days, when the wind didn’t blow. Because I was...
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Last time this happened I got wiped out, but it’s  too long ago to remember exactly when this happened (OK, it was fifteen years. But that would mean that I’m . . . . older than I feel). If you’re in the US, read ‘right’ for ‘left’ here: Riding along this morning at a reasonable...
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