Triathlon

Swimming this evening while my daughter was having her lesson (she got the badge!), I did a couple of hundred metres, and then thought I’d better get some practice in with my Total Immersion drills. My free style’s really coming together now, but only with breathing to the right. Breathing to the left...
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So I drove to the gym for the 06:45 spin class today - weather still blowing a gale, with snow showers thrown in at no extra cost. I’ve found that the Kaiser spin bikes have double sided pedals - traditional cage & straps on one side, and SPD on the other, which is nice, because...
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Well, yesterday was only a short trip - about three miles each way. The route out is mostly a gentle climb (into the wind - wouldn’t you just believe it) that left me thinking I’d made a dreadful mistake. Perhaps fixing isn’t for me after all. Or maybe I just need to track down a...
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No swim this morning - I took the extra hour in bed. But I did finally got around to my first brick session of the season - a 25k bike trip (work related), which I felt so zingy at the end of that I thought I really should go for a run too -...
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I found this video of Ian Thorpe via Bill Anders’ Photos & Tri-rambles blog earlier this week. I just had to have a copy here to remind me what effortless swimming is really supposed to look like. The film’s in slow motion (50% of real speed), so you can really see some detail. Check...
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After yesterday’s gadget post, you’ll never believe what I saw in the pool this evening. An mp3 player that works underwater! With Finis Inc’s SwiMP3, what you have is a 256 Mb mp3 player in a waterproof case that’s attached to your goggles. The clever bit is the headphones. These are attached to the...
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OK, I admit it, I am a geek. A real equipment junkie. A man well and truly in touch with his inner nerd. I really like stuff. Perhaps it’s because I’m an engineer at heart, so I really appreciate the quality and ingenuity of great things. Or maybe, it’s because I need all the...
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You’ll remember how impressed I was with my new and very comfortable Asics Cumulus VIII running shoes that I bought from SheRunsHeRuns in Kent last month? Basically this was the first time I’d found a shop that actually took any notice of my feet, and how I run on them, and what kind of running...
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I had such a good session in the pool this morning . . . that I’ve just got back from another session. Loads more work on the same basics as before, interspersed with some lengths of full stroke. What I’ve found is that on all the drills from The Fish upwards, the thing...
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I had a great swim session this morning - mostly through concentrating on back to basics stuff. My problem has always been that I’m not a natural swimmer - although I’m fairly confident in the water, there’s still an edge of fear from when I almost drowned as a kid. Breast stroke is fine for...
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