Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
As regular readers of this weblog will know, I often volunteer as a participant in various studies at the Sports and Exercise Department at Aberystwyth University. Most of these require a fair bit of my time to do but often prove interesting and painful in equal measure. Interesting from a point of view of getting a measure on...
Everyone else seems to have had some sort of lurgy lately. Stomach bugs and colds seem to be rife and half of Morgan’s school was off ill one day. Morgan wasn’t quite right himself the other day, Anna’s Mum was coughing and spluttering whilst she was here and work colleagues have all been ill too....
What with autumn well and truly here, riding my bike on the roads isn’t quite as much fun as it is in the summer – I don’t mind the cold and rain, it’s just not so safe in the dark with cars and lorries sharing the road too. On top of that I’m supposed to be doing...
I’ve recently enrolled on a Level 2 Cycle Coaching Course with British Cycling and spent the weekend in Ammanford for two days of intensive study towards it. After an early morning drive to Ammanford Leisure Centre I met up with my fellow participants on the course and we were introduced to Will and Mark our...
I recently started being a participant in another Sports and Exercise Study at the University. The study is investigating the effects of Tyrosine supplement and cognitive fatigue on exhaustive exercise in a warm environment and involves some fairly hardcore testing. First up was the usual ramp test on a cycle ergometer. After 3 minutes warm...
With Wales in the grip of some proper autumnal weather we thought it wise not to head off too high into the hills today so instead planned a little ride from Pendam out to Nant y Moch, with a few geocaches to maintain our consectutive days geocaching record. It was blowing a hoolie up there...
Well, it feels as though summer is coming to an end. There’s only a few days left of the school holidays, we’ve just had a fairly damp August Bank Holiday weekend and there are only 120 days until Christmas! We didn’t let the change in the weather dampen our spirits though and managed some family...
I may have put on lots of weight and lost lots of fitness whilst cycling from John O’Groats to Lands End, but I thought it must have improved my long slow endurance riding. I also thought it would probably be a good thing to keep doing the odd long ride every so often just to...
Daily Stats – Day 10 Miles Ridden: 45.0 miles Metres Climbed: 3078 feet Time Riding: 3:02:07 Average Speed: 14.8 mph Total Miles Ridden: 898 miles Total Ascent: 41,898 feet Total Time Riding: 58:49:29 Todays Weather: Sunny. Once again I was up at 4am so crept out of the dorm and went for a wander in...
Daily Stats – Day 9 Miles Ridden: 82.3 miles Metres Climbed: 5915 feet Time Riding: 5:49:20 Average Speed: 14.1 mph Total Miles Ridden: 853 miles Total Ascent: 38,820 feet Total Time Riding: 55:47:22 Todays Weather: Sunny. I woke up at 4am as per usual today so crept out of the dorm I was sharing with...
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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