Running

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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But you can keep your pasta shells, twists, bows, macaroni, and spaghetti. And you can shove your tins of Spaghetti ‘Oops, where the sun don’t shine. From now on, it’s Pasta di Triathlon for me: But if you can’t face the swim, they also do Pasta di Bici (bike only) and Pasta di Maratona (runners...
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I had a spare half hour today, where I could go for a run, and be back in time to pick Daugher up from her Ski school. So that’s just what I did - running down the red piste to La Tania central, and then along the road to Le Praz. This was a...
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I may have been over-doing things with the running - especially the hill repeats. I’ve got some aching in my right achilles tendon, around the heel, and along the outside edge of the sole. I even went so far as to buy a book on running injuries today. Yeah, I know - self diagnosis instead...
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. . . but not for me this year I looked into finding a corporate sponsor to fund it . . . but everyone I know is obviously a lot more shrewd than they look. So I took a scalpel to the budget, and worked out how I could optimise the use of...
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Every year, I tend to let my fitness slip over the summer - my high hopes and ambitions get dusted with pollen & generally sneezed over. This year I’ve managed to avoid this, though through August & September, there was a little trailing off on the hours. Maybe all those races had something...
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. . . . and I’m relegated to driving instead of cycling. It took me a whole half hour today to decide that my neck & shoulder really isn’t better, and I should take Lisa’s excellent advice and rest it until I’ve been checked over by someone who Knows what they’re talking about Hasn’t got a...
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We’ll get to exactly why my bike’s possessed later . . . Today was the Hebburn / Tyne & Wear Fire Service Triathlon. It’s my local club’s race, and in the spirit of giving as well as taking from club membership, I kinda had to turn up early to help with getting the event set...
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. . . or as the locals might say, “La brique en France”. Today’s our last day here, and I wanted to ‘go out with a bang’. So I set out for a brick at Olympic distance - 25 mile bike and 10k run. For the bike, I extended the route from earlier in...
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This morning I set out to do a really thrilling & exciting training session - NOT! Maybe I’m just enjoying cycling & swimming too much, but just now running is kinda a chore. Still, at least this morning I was on a MISSION: 1. Measure my lactate threshold as per Bill’s instructions. 2. Measure my sweat...
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