Category: Fitness

Pwllheli Triathlon 2012 Preparations 1

Pwllheli Triathlon 2012 Preparations

Well, I was hoping not to have any excuses for my first race of the season – the Pwllheli Triathlon on Sunday – but as usual, I do! first up, I’m not really treating this as a particularly important race and will therefore simply be training right through it. No tapering beforehand and no real...

The Sounds of Spring 0

The Sounds of Spring

I had a gorgeous run last night. The clocks have gone forward, the evenings are long and the weather is as good as it could be. I wasn’t supposed to go for a run but I couldn’t resist it so headed off down the beach towards Borth. The beach was quiet with only a few people wandering...

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Running Hill Reps

Sunday mornings usually have me doing a run and a swim these days, and last Sunday was no exception. I couldn’t swim at Machynlleth as the Aquathlon was on and I was supposed to be doing hill reps anyway, so would be better off running on my own. I therefore headed into Aberystwyth nice and...

An unexpected PB 0

An unexpected PB

I managed to surprise myself and run an unexpected Personal Best for 5km the other day – Well, PB for recent years anyway. I’m not supposed to be that fast quite yet as I haven’t started any speed work within this years periodised training plan yet, and going quite so hard is probably a bit...

Weird GPS route from Garmin Forerunner 910XT 1

Weird GPS route from Garmin Forerunner 910XT

My new Garmin Forerunner 910XT has been working really well. I’ve used it on a few runs, the odd bike ride and a few times in the pool and it’s been spot on with the routes it has shown and has managed to count every single length in the pool. That was until Friday when...

Periodised Training Plan 9

Periodised Training Plan

In an attempt to improve my triathlon performances I’ve been working with a coach and I’ve been trying to follow a periodised training plan this year. Periodisation There are plenty of quite large books that go into great depths about periodisation in triathlon training (one of the best being Joe Friels “The Triathlete’s Training Bible“....

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Garmin Forerunner 910XT – First Impressions

I got my new training gadget on Friday, a Garmin Forerunner 910XT that I’ve been wanting to get hold of for a while. Stocks are limited and they’ve been a little difficult to get hold of but I managed to get a good deal and excellent service from Tristan at heartratemonitor.co.uk. There was no messing...

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Springing into Life

Sunday morning was absolutely gorgeous here. A perfect early Spring morning that just can’t be beat. I was up early to go for a run and a swim, did a bit of work, got ready and then headed into Machynlleth. The temperature was around 1°C there and mist was hanging in the valleys with gorgeous...

Technical Running Gear 1

Technical Running Gear

What a day, pouring with rain, blowing a gale and ‘proper nasty’ out there! No excuses though, I had to do a 45 minute easy run, so that’s exactly what I did. Thankfully I have plenty of wet weather gear, so on went my running tights, a long-sleeved thermal top, a waterproof jacket, buff, gloves...