Hill Repeats

Ironman France Bike Simulation Route

Sundays. I’m not sure if I love ‘em or hate ‘em. These long bike rides are getting sillier, and will continue to do so over the next 10 weeks, till I hit my peak training distance of 100 miles (plus a half marathon run after, just for added spice!). This week’s was a mere 61...
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Gateshead Revisited - Still A Shockingly Bad Bike Lane?

Gateshead Revisited - Still A Shockingly Bad Bike Lane?

Some of you may remember the video I made last year about The World’s Shortest Cycle Lane. This was in Gateshead, next to their shiny new college, and a mere ten metres long. At the time, several commenters, and Gateshead Council’s extremely friendly and approachable* Team Leader for Traffic Projects and Rights of Way said...
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Steps & Hills. Tough Combination

For this morning’s run with Shana, we did the steps between here and Tynemouth. Basically you run along the promenade, and every time you get to a set of steps, you have to use ‘em. I think she found this pretty hard going, so for the return, we just ran along the flat. I’m...
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Hill Repeats

Hill Repeats

It just doesn’t get any easier, does it? I did a set of hill repeats at Tynemouth Priory again today. Actually, it does get easier, as this time, It wasn’t blowing an absolute gale in my face as I ran up the hill There was no rain No sleet And no snow either All of which combined to make...
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