Posts Tagged ‘ Ironman training ’

It’s summer. That should mean that I don’t have to do training rides in the pouring rain. I’m pretty sure about this too. So when I looked at the weather forecast on Friday night, and saw that Sunday was scheduled to be WET, I decided to throw caution to the wind and do my big...
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Not to self: A fat-boy sized pasty just two hours before this sort of run in nice warm weather is not good fuel. Felt distinctly "meh!’ all the way round. Looking on the bright side - this run did push me over the 500 mile mark for this year! Workout: Type: Run Date: 06/03/2010 Total Time: 2:28:40.00 Calories: 2081 Distance: 18.1...
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This felt odd - the sunburn was starting to come out, and I had just ridden 96 miles. For the first mile, my knees felt sore, and I was actually quite worried that I’d done something bad to them. But after the walk for 60 seconds they were fine - no problems at all. The only...
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The run route for the Ironman is mentally challenging - run up and down the sea front at Nice four times. That means you pass the same midway point eight times. Not my idea of a nice run - I like varied scenery! However, despite some lengthy correspondence, the race organisers aren’t interested in changing...
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So most of the way home (sweaty, fly encrusted, and generally a bit of a mess), I got overtaken by someone on a nice new hybrid - skinny tyres, disk brakes, and Lycra shorts. I was tempted to just let him go . . . but I’m just five week’s from race day, and starting...
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