Motivation

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...
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You just have to go and read this post on Becoming Ironman right now. My favourite part: Last weekend I got on my bike at 4:45am. Clear dawn was rising on the left side of my road, and the end of a sinister thunderstorm was looming on the right side of the road. Between them, inviting...
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So here’s an alternative way to deal with drivers who cut you up, shout at you, throw things out of the window, or otherwise act like you really shouldn’t be on their road. Be polite. I found the original article by Bill Strickland via Tomorrow Morning’s Weather. His basic approach is to catch the offending...
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I missed the NE31 club’s swim session last night, so to make up for it, I went to Tynemouth pool this morning for a longer swim. I set my watch’s countdown timer to 1′13″ to give me a nice easy pace for each 50m (two lengths), and set off aiming for consistency. It kinda worked...
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I’ve just got back from a really disappointing pool session. And I’m not at all happy. Not happy at all. Grrrrrr! It’s the last Monday of the month, so that means a 400m time trial at the NE31’s swim session. After last Friday’s performance in the pool (2:30 / 100m pace over 1,000m), which was...
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The weather forecast was right for today - frequent snow, sleet & hail showers, with agood strong northerly wind to drive it all in you face. The trouble was that the plan had an 80 minute run session for me today. So I could Bunk off, claiming that the schedule had been put together when the...
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Tomorrow is the North Tyneside 10k - from North Shields to the Lighthouse. It’ll be the fourth year for this race, and I’ve done ‘em all so far. It’s a great event that goes right past my front door, so I get ‘home team’ advantage, with a huge crowd to cheer me on. And I...
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 . . . will get you all the way round the world - 18,000 miles, passing through 20 countries. And you’d be setting a new world record for the fastest circumnavigation by BIKE. This afternoon, Mike Beaumont from Fife is scheduled to ride into Paris, and into the record books after spending just over six...
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My problem is that I’ve always been good at everything - I don’t mean the best, world-class, elite. No, just naturally better than most at most stuff, or good enough to satisfy my own low standards. Whichever comes first. So my real problem is applying myself, bettering myself, actually working at something to see an...
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Elizabeth Fedosky has a great post about setting goals, and standing up to be counted in making ‘em real. If you’re making your New Year’s resolutions (which are of course, S.M.A.R.T.  goals, aren’t they?), then you could do a lot worse than following some of Elizabeth’s advice on changing the track you play in...
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