Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
I’ve always had funny feet. I’ve walked on my toes since I was a toddler so not only do I have very tight achilles tendons and skinny calves but my feet are a funny shape too. Whenever I’ve seen a chiropodist they’ve just looked at them and said they’ve never seen anything like it! I’m...
I didn’t have much time for ‘training’ today so thought I’d fit in a quick but hard run at lunch time. I’ve been trying to do some VO2 Max intervals along the beach recently but haven’t been able to get the intensities, pace and distances quite right for it to be manageable but hard. The...
I’m sure I’m not the only one, but I ate far too much over Christmas and did very little exercise so it’s now time to get back to it. The ‘rest’ doesn’t seem to have done too much damage as I felt OK on our Mountain Bike Ride at the weekend although I have put...
Well, I had good intentions to go for a swim yesterday. The university pool is closed, there is no swimfits or circuits this week so I thought I’d better get wet and do some swimming at Plascrug Leisure centre. I checked online to make sure they were open and then drove all the way into...
We didn’t do an end of month ride in December as the snow was still deep in the hills, so instead we rescheduled and had a ride a week later around the entire Syfydrin Trail at Nant yr Arian. There was a good turn out too, with 13 riders, including the regulars such as myself,...
Just got back from a surf session – Yep, it was cold! The waves were really nice though so it had to be done. I’d like to say that it was lovely out there and once I was in the water it wasn’t that cold, but that would be lying. My hands were in agony...
For those of you who aren’t bored with my GoPro HD video footage, here’s the video from yesterday’s windsurf session.
It may have been my 40th birthday at the weekend, but I’ve just got back from the first windsurf session of my 40’s and I’ve just got back from landing my first ever push loop! Better still, Tom was on the water too and saw it so I did actually do it and wasn’t imagining...
I thought I’d get out for a MTB ride yesterday as I have no time for a night ride this week what with school Christmas Concerts, Beekeeping course and such like. On top of which there is supposed to be more wintery weather on the way so access to the MTB trail in the hills...
My third time at Penmachno and this time it was just a quick spin around the first loop with Brad and Steve. It was a glorious winters day with snow on the ground and some very icy sections, but not a cloud in the sky. I also had my new GoPro HD camera with me so I...
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Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
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