Category: Fitness

New Bike or no New Bike? 4

New Bike or no New Bike?

The question is, should I spend lots of money on a new road bike or should I not earn that money in the first place by working less and spend the time training instead? What would be the most beneficial, faster times due to a better bike, or faster times because I’ve spent more time...

What’s Your Resting Heart Rate? 0

What’s Your Resting Heart Rate?

Just out of interest I thought I’d wear my Garmin Forerunner 305 heart rate monitor to bed last night to see what my resting heart rate was. I expected it to be fairly low, as it always seems pretty low compared to most people and thought it would somewhere around 40bpm, but I checked it...

Topo & Heart Rate from Cycle 10

Wotton Triathlon – Race Report

My first triathlon in 20 years and preparations weren’t good. I’d been ill for a couple of weeks so hadn’t done much training and hadn’t managed to get out on my bike after fiddling with the position set up. We arrived in Gloucestershire on Friday evening and I had a quick drive around the cycle...

Wotton Triathlon Here I Come 1

Wotton Triathlon Here I Come

I’m not ready for it, I seem to be constantly ill and unable to train but the weekend of my first Triathlon for 20 years has arrived so there’s no going back now. As long as my cold doesn’t get any worse I should be able to get around, but I can’t see myself putting...

Wotton Triathlon – Preparation not going well 3

Wotton Triathlon – Preparation not going well

I’m supposed to be doing the Wotton Triathlon in just over a week, but preparations aren’t going too well. Jay, Brad, Matt and Beale are going to love reading that! I should be training hard for it now and then easing down by the middle of next week ready for the race a week on...

Bottles for Lab Test 3

Potions for Lab Tests

I’ve just received 8 little bottles of powder ready for my Sports and Exercise Science lab tests that begin in earnest next week. I’m not 100% sure of whats in them yet. Four are labeled ‘A’ and the other four ‘B’. Either ‘A’ or ‘B’ will have Sodium Bicarbonate in it as the tests are...

Last ride before the Dyfi Enduro – A reassuring Personal Best 0

Last ride before the Dyfi Enduro – A reassuring Personal Best

Last night was the last MTB ride before the Dyfi Enduro for me. The idea was to meet the usual attendees of the Wednesday evening night ride at Pendam for an easy ride around the Summit Trail. I found myself there and at a loose end at 5ish, a couple of hours early so rather...

I’m a Lab Rat again – Work Rate Peak 1

I’m a Lab Rat again – Work Rate Peak

Once again I’m being a Sports and Exercise Science lab rat for Jon. I did the ramp test yesterday which is always carried out before the test to give Jon some data that allows him to calculate the work rate that my subsequent tests should be performed at. Basically after filling in some disclaimer forms...

Keeping up the pressure 0

Keeping up the pressure

The nice weather continues and I’m beginning to enjoy my rides on my road bike. Not only can I cover much greater distances than on my mountain bike but I don’t need to drive to the trails and I don’t need to clean it after a ride. Yesterdays ride was twice around a local 10...