Goals

Nothing much to say - went to the pool on Friday afternoon for my weekly swim with Daughter. While she was playing, I did get a few lengths in, but although it’s now pain free, my shoulder did not feel right . . . and in fact, my left arm was quite sore on...
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So today the official results for the Hartlepool  Marina Triathlon are out . . . There were 90 finishers on the day, and I did: Swim - 84th; 23:01 Bike - 65th - 41:59 Run - 40th - 20:07 Overall - 67th - 1:25:07 In a way, I’m a little disappointed - I finished just outside of the bottom quartile. BUT...
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For me, this has been one of the big ones this year. To graduate up from pool-based triathlons to open-water events. If I want to go any further with triathlon, then getting into outdoor water is an absolute must, and something I’ve worked really hard at this year. So completing this event was a big...
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Two days ’till my next race. After the in-race problems I’ve had this year on teh bike, I’m trying to take fewer chances. I had a good think on Wednesday about what could possibly go wrong this time, and as a result I’ve: Bought a CO2 tyre inflator. In previous races, I’ve gone out without...
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So I’m only a few days out from my first open water triathlon. Nervous - me? Yeah, a bit. Mainly because my shoulder still isn’t right, more than anything else. So I just have to take it easy on the swim, and inflict some payback landside. That’s the plan, anyway. It’s great to know that I’ve...
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No, not a double A-sided single release by Queen in the mid-70’s, but a summary of my Sunday afternoon. Except it wasn’t a race either. Yesterday’s weather was GRIM - rain, 11 celcius, and the wind blowing what my grandmother would describe as a “hoolie” from the northwest. I’d planned to ride up to Consett...
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No time for moping around feeling sorry for myself - I’ve got that 10k in 40 minutes goal to knock off this year. With time pretty short this morning, I opted for a short run - just into Tynemouth and back, along the sea front. There was a southerly breeze & some light drizzle on...
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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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It’s that point in the season when I feel I’m on a treadmill, not wanting to go on, and desperate not to get off . . . “All right, this is the plan. We’ll get in there and get wrecked. Then we’ll eat a pork pie. Then we’ll go home, and drop a couple of...
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Our entry confirmations for the Hebburn Triathlon arrived in the post today. This is a pool-based race, and the general form for these is that the starting order is from fastest to slowest swimmers, so that there’s no bunching-up  overtaking in the pool. I think there must have been some sort of crazy mix-up though....
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