Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
The sea temperature is gradually warming up, it still isn’t warm at about 10ºC but it’s warm enough to get in for a swim with my Triathlon Wetsuit on and the warm sunny days have made the sea look quite inviting. I had a nice swim at Ynyslas last Thursday, just a straight swim down...
Although we live in West Wales with the beach and sea to the west of us and a backdrop of the Cambrian Mountains behind us, most of my running and even my cycling is on fairly flat courses. Obviously the mountain biking isn’t, but my quick road bike routes usually go from home and stay...
Following on from my recent post about tracking calories, diet and exercise with iPad apps, I thought I’d share my experiences of using one of these apps for a while and how it has affected my diet. This all came about over a steak, chips and sticky toffee pudding when a conversation with friends revealed that I ate more...
Whilst eating a large steak and chips and a sticky toffee pudding with ice cream the other day I got into a conversation with some friends about the amount I eat. Basically they were all pretty amazed by how much I could consume. Now, I’m not fat, I’m around 5’7″ and 70kg which puts me...
My highly specialised run training seems to be paying off as I seem to be getting faster and stronger. So, what’s the secret? Well, I do very little running at all and each time I go out I seem to improve. My latest run was an interval session, building on the last time I did...
I decided to give the local Ystwyth Cycling Clubs’s 10 mile ‘Llety Gwyn’ Time Trial a go last night. I wasn’t going to at first as it looked set to be wet and windy, but the clouds cleared, the roads dried up, the wind dropped off, my new bike was sat there staring at me...
Since getting my new Scott Addict bike just over a week ago I haven’t yet really got to grips with it. Any rides that I’ve done around a known course have all been slower than I’d done previously. I knew it wasn’t the bike, so it had to be either me, or the set-up, or...
After being talked into a charity triathlon event last year by my sister, I decided to sign up to do some triathlons again this year, so yesterdays 2011 Pwllheli Triathlon was my first ‘real’ triathlon for 20 years. It was a ‘sprint’ event with a 400m pool swim, 12 mile cycle and 3 mile run....
The 2011 Pwllheli Triathlon takes place this Sunday (27th March) and I’ve signed up to do it. I did quite a few triathlons ‘in my youth’ and then was talked into doing the Wotton Triathlon for charity last year by my sister. I quite enjoyed doing it again so thought I’d start doing a few...
My new bike arrived on Tuesday from Bike Treks in Ambleside. They were really good with the order, it arrived on time in good condition and they kept me up to date with the order throughout the process. Top Marks! I spent Wednesday morning setting it up, putting 0n pedals, aero bars, water bottle cage...
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
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