Injury

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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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So after going for a slide across the tarmac yesterday, I had a distinctly average night’s sleep. My grazes aren’t too deep, and aren’t weeping / oozing / bleeding. But they’re sore enough to interrupt the Sandman. I hadn’t applied any dressings because I think it’s better to let these kinds of grazes just...
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Today was a work day, but that doesn’t mean that I didn’t get to cycle. In fact, rather too much cycling for my own good. Fist of all, there was a ride into Walker to see a client for a short (non-billable) meeting. This was supposed to start at 11, be over by 11:45, giving...
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Well, water, actually. I decided that I couldn’t put it off any longer, and went back to the NE31 Triathlon Club last night, for my first real swim session since injuring my shoulder / neck last August. When we arrived, the car park was rather fuller than usual, but where was the mob of triathletes waiting...
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My shoulder felt OK-ish. It’s no use, I can’t dodge the NE31 tri club sessions any more - time to get back on the plan, starting on Monday. Workout: Type: Swim Date: 01/25/2008 Total Time: 00:45:00.00 Distance: 498.9 m Average Pace: 9:05.59/100m
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We arrived only just in time for Daughter’s swimming lesson on Friday . . . which meant that I could jump straight into the roped off lane to put in some lengths. After the previous week, where I’d shown that distance doesn’t seem to be a problem for my shoulder, I decided to push the...
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On Friday, while Daughter had her lesson, I put in a few lengths of the pool. I wanted to do two things to see how my shoulder is shaping up - swim 400m in a single go, and concentrate on breathing bilaterally. I’m fairly sure that there’s something in my stroke that’s putting too much...
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