Posts Tagged ‘ Whitley Bay ’

The thing with folding bikes is that each design has it’s own foibles - where the folds are, what angles the hinges are set at, what size the wheels are. Stuff like that, which should make them all easier to identify than their more formulaic non-folding cousins. So what’s this one then? I’m no expert...
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Yep - in the depths of taper now. So long runs are just long instead of stupid long. In fact, when it comes to fitting them into the day, they almost seem short! Workout: Type: Run Date: 06/11/2010 Time: 14:52:30 Total Time: 1:46:28.00 Calories: 1749 Distance: 14.5 miles Average Pace: 7:20.64/mile
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Nearly there - today was the last long training ride I’ll do prior to the Ironman. Just two weeks of taper and then its race week. Eeek! The forecast was for hot and sunny weather, and having learned my lesson about sunburn, I set out at 6:30 slathered up with the Aloe Gator...
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Daughter was eying up Wife’s new bike a couple of weeks ago, and eventually confessed to having had a bit of a sit on it too. She needs a new bike, and we were thinking of something trendy & cruiser-ish, but it turns out that she’s really quite keen on the idea of a...
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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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Those who pee in their wetsuits Those who lie about peeing in their wetsuits Those who swim in the North Sea, and find it so muscle-clenchingly cold that they can’t relax enough to pee in their wetsuit, even if they wanted to I’m in the third group. The plan this morning was to swim about a mile from...
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So the plan was to be up and on the road by about 5:45, giving me time for a quick half marathon & to get back home in time for a shower and to get to work. It didn’t quite pan out like that though, and I ended up leaving the house at 6:20, so...
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