Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
I used to be a fairly good cyclist many years ago. Nothing amazing but I held my own on club runs, put in some decent Time Trial results and did well in quite a few triathlons too. Other things in life then took over and I barely swung my leg over a bike for about...
February 27th dawned grey damp and windy, but the Ystwyth-MTB club had a ‘proper wilderness’ ride on the agenda. Things weren’t looking too promising as we drove to meet in Machynlleth. The Tarren ridge that we were supposed to be riding was shrouded in dark grey clouds and didn’t look too inviting. Dave, John, Pete,...
I’ve written here several times about the importance of staying motivated as far as training or keeping fit goes. I’ve also posted plenty of tips to help with that such as: Buying new gadgets. Training with others. Making a habit of it. and many more. I tend to do these myself, maybe not consciously, but...
I don’t know about Anna’s walking the world, but I’ve been trying to do a bit more running lately. I still don’t do much, but rather than getting out once a week I’ve been trying to increase this to 2-3 times per week. Trouble is I seem to be getting slower each tim I go...
Those of you who know me will be aware that I am not quite a sporty as Al and I have to admit that since having Morgan my activity levels have dropped off considerably. I keep meaning to do something about it but there always seems to be something else more urgent to do than...
My big challenge this year is the Brontrager 24/12 in July, a 12 hour solo Mountain Bike Ride in Plymouth. I’m not aiming to be fast or do particularly well, but I would like to at least try to keep going for pretty much the whole 12 hours and at least do as many laps...
I did a Ramp Test at the Sports and Exercise Science Dept. yesterday, just to see how my training was going and if I’d made any improvements. I did one ramp test in May 2009 as part of a study for Jon’s PhD. and another in April 2010, so thought it would be good to...
I haven’t been doing much running lately and when I have it’s been pretty slow, but I’ve just got back from a nice lunchtime run. I decided to do a VO2 Max interval session. I did it exactly the same as last time which seemed just about right pace wise: 5 min warm up (no...
People who know me will know that I quite like gadgets and high tech toys, and advanced sports equipment such as lightweight, aero carbon bikes are up there at the top of my list of desirable objects. My latest high tech acquisition is a pair of socks! The packaging of these X-Socks is festooned with...
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Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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