Do The Right Thing

I couldn’t remember if I was supposed to be running with Shana this morning, so I got up anyway, had a little breakfast (a slice of the bread I baked yesterday - the first time I’ve baked with live yeast. Tastes soooo good!), and took Huge Dalmatian out for a short walk.
Shana didn’t turn up […]

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This caught my eye on Liz Fedofsky’s blog this evening:
…. And then the frozen peas were passed around. One thing I keep learning from other athletes is how much time the care of the body takes. Sometimes I think I’m the only one that spends half her day with a ball crammed into her calf […]

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So today is a long run, according to my schedule. I did ten miles, carrying fluids in a Karrimor waist belt that has pockets for 2 x 500ml bottles, and on a run/walk strategy with 60 seconds walk at every mile mark. This run didn’t seem as easy as the last time I did it, […]

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. . . so I didn’t drink as much as I should have done on the bike.
Anyway - the Run. VonSmallhaussen’s up to stay for the weekend, so she volunteered to come with me for the run - to the lighthouse and back. Except she was going to cycle (borrowing Wife’s bike), so that she […]

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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 of […]

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So after just too much trouble with leg cramps when swimming, I went to see my doctor on Tuesday. It turns out that ther’s good news and bad news on cramp:
Good News: It’s surprisingly common, though most people get it in bed rather than when swimming.
Bad News: No-one really knows what causes it.
But all is […]

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This evening was a tough session with the NE31 Tri Club. A 550m warm up, followed by 20 x 50m, on 80s start times. Basically this was supposed to be a ‘Level 8′ speed session (10 = flat out, 9 = race pace, 8 = just below), and I was doing fine up to the […]

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I went for a ride this morning with Simon, one of the guys from the NE31 Tri  Club. It was a long-ish, slow ride along some pretty grotty roads, which allowed us time to try and figure out what’s the most embarrassing thing to do on a bike . . .

Fall off during a race, […]

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Dr Ian Walker carried out some interesting on-the-road research a couple of years back. He was trying to assess the likelihood of a cyclist being involved in a collision under varying circumstances. His central research method was to ride around with a whole bunch of sensors on his bike, which then measured how much space […]

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I’ve been promoted! Woo, wooo wooo!
After only 20 minutes or so of yesterday’s swimming session at the NE31 Tri Club, I got moved up a lane - out of the Learners’ Lane, and swimming with the Big Boys (and Girls) again. And the funny thing was that I found the pace OK - I don’t […]

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