Run

I did this a couple of years ago when I was training for a 1/2 Ironman - after EVERY bike session, go for a short run. Obviously there were some full-on brick sessions as well, but this bike+short run was a weekly thing for me. Strangely enough, I find that I run really well off...
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Bah. I’m getting a little fed up with this. Actually it was quite a fun run - apart from treading in unexpected puddles in those areas where the streetlights don’t shine. Oh, and the freezing cold that grabbed me as soon as I stopped running. The pace wasn’t exactly stellar, but I wasn’t actually trying to...
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Something strange happened overnight - it warmed up, and the ice over all the roads and pavements pretty much vanished. I hadn’t noticed this before I left the house, so with my ice shoes on, I sounded like the cast of Riverdance going for a run. What I did notice was the weather: blowing a...
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My car was at the menders this morning (FOURTH time the turbo inter-cooler hose has come off. I would say, BAH!, but it’s all under warranty, so it’s inconvenient rather than costly). While the car was on the operating table, I could either lounge about and drink free cappuccinos… … or, seeing as I missed...
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Yep - I had a great Friday night: Home from work early, "because of the snow" Walk with Daughter & Huge Dalmatian Did my long run for the week with my DIY ice shoes on. This was a great run, including abourt 2 miles away from the roads along snowy footpaths. Cold, dark and silent, this was...
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The icy weather continues. To try and keep my bike legs in shape, I’m booked in for weekly spin classes (where, no doubt, some young slip of a girl in the front seat will kick my butt), but I was also intrigued by the idea of studded tyres for riding on ice & hard-packed...
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When we woke up on New Year’s day, we found that it had been snowing! So in the morning, Daughter and I took Huge Dalmatian for a good long walk - he seemed to find the snow entertaining - especially catching & eating snow balls. We saw just two people on bikes. I suppose...
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I’ve been feeling tired all day . . . probably something to do with the mental anguish of having done my Tax Return at lunch time. Anyway, in the afternoon, I did some work swapping gates around for our back yard (so now, you can get ANY bike out without having to jiggle the handlebars...
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I took Huge Dalmatian down onto the beach on his long & flexible running lead. We did a bunch of reps running from one side of the harbour to the other. Workout: Type: Run Date: 01/24/2009 Total Time: 00:21:58.00 Calories: 259 Distance: 2 miles Average Pace: 10:59.34/mile
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. . . sometimes running with him is like running with a sack of potatoes! Workout: Type: Run Date: 01/23/2009 Total Time: 00:13:43.00 Calories: 179 Distance: 1.5 miles Average Pace: 9:08.78/mile
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