Triathlon

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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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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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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I actually don’t have any bikes that are suitable for riding on either loose snow, or ice. Yeah, I know I could get / borrow a mountain bike, and then either buy or DIY some studded tyres for it. If I really wanted to, I could ride in this weather. But after my experiences last year,...
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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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It’s that time of year when we kid ourselves that we can become better people by making New Year’s resolutions. Actually, we CAN become better people, but only making resolutions that are set up to succeed from the outset. No, I’m not talking about aiming low (the biggest risk of setting ourselves low...
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It’s a strange job that I do. Today I was at BBC Radio Newcastle for a bit of chat about triathlons. It’d been organised by Keith from Highlights PR , who does the business for our team of enterprise coaches . I would have cycled into the studio, but I had good reason not to: For...
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So there are a bunch of people doing amazing stuff today - Brad & Big Dave & a few others from sweat365.com are doing the Steelman Triathlon somewhere in and around Las Vegas. 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, and then a full marathon. Any race with those kinds of distances is tough, but for...
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I guess I’m just one of those guys who likes to jump on a bandwagon. I’d probably make a great political leader - see which way my people are headed, and then rush after them so that I can lead ‘em. Anyway. This thing about bike helmets. Everyone else is posting about it (like here, here,...
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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...
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