Author: Alan Cole

Carbon Fibre Pants – Even I Draw the Line Somewhere! 1

Carbon Fibre Pants – Even I Draw the Line Somewhere!

Amazon.co.uk Widgets I decided with my new emphasis on swim training over the winter that it was time to treat myself to some new swim shorts. Actually, it’s an entirely altruistic purchase as the stitching on my older shorts is looking a little suspect and I wouldn’t want to subject other pool users to any kind...

Kindly Refrain From 4

A Coached Swim

I’ve always been a fairly good swimmer, at least, as far as I can remember I have. I don’t remember really ever having had any proper coaching though or going to a proper swim club when I was younger. Somehow I just picked it up as I went along, trained hard here and there and...

Welsh Nails 1

New Nails

They are a little scratched and worn already, but I thought I’d better share my new nails with you. The Union Jacks that I had ready for the World Championships have been replaced by a more Welsh theme.

Honeys for tasting 0

Honey Show

After spending all day baking and decorating cupcakes on a Saturday it was time for the competition at the ABKA Honey Show on Sunday. Actually, we had a few things to do before the show, I went for a run and swim in Machynlleth and Morgan went to Junior Triathlon Training for an hour afterwards giving Anna and...

Cake Decorating Supplies 4

Bee Cupcakes

With the Annual ABKA Honey Show on Sunday, we had to make an effort to prepare our entries. We didn’t really have enough honey to enter and hadn’t made anything from wax. No candles, no combs of honey and even the cookery class that we were looking forward to was different this year. The various...

Cross Country 4

Cross Country Qualification

It was my turn to be the supporter at a race yesterday. Rather than being the one racing I headed to the Vicarage Fields in Aberystwyth to watch the Aberystwyth Area Schools Cross Country Championships that Morgan had qualified for. I met Anna there who had managed to come down in her lunch hour and...

New Bike for Morgan 1

Time for a New Bike

No, unfortunately it’s not for me, as I stopped growing many years ago and therefore have no legitimate justification for a new bike every couple of years. Morgan on the other hand is still growing and therefore has. Thankfully the Isla Bike , a Beinn 20 Large, that we bought for him two years ago...

Getting Ready 0

Coed y Brenin Enduro 2013 – Race Report

I’ve called this a ‘race report’ but for me and probably most of people taking part it wasn’t a race, just an event. It isn’t classed as a race by the organisers either and is really just an excuse to ride around the hills and woods of North Wales with 600 like-minded people. I’d taken part...

Kids Enduro, Coed y Brenin 1

Coed y Brenin Enduro – The Kids Version

I’m doing the Coed y Brenin Enduro again this year, along with my brothers Jay and Brad. I did it a couple of years ago and had a good time, so thought that as the triathlon season would be over by now it would be a fun event to do not as a race, but...

2013 PMC Chart 0

Hitting a Peak – The Secret of Racing Success

You may remember me posting about my PMC Chart earlier in the year, saying that all was going well as I built towards a peak ready for my first race. The data from this gives me an overview of my training and charts my levels of ‘Fitness’, ‘Freshness’ and ‘Training Stress’. The plan for any race is...