Category: Sports

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Getting fit is bad for you!

I thought getting fit was supposed to be good for you, but it only seems to hurt! Running on the roads hurts my knees, running on the sand hurts my Achilles tendons. I went for a nice run yesterday along the beach. Nothing too strenuous as I was trying to keep my heart rate down...

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Tough Day at the Office

I had a tough day at the office yesterday… Started work at 4am and worked until 10.30am, stopping to help get Morgan off to nursery and Anna off to work, then the fun began. A good windsurf session off the beach here at Ynyslas. The windsurfing itself was good, lots of wind and some decent...

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Pendam Trail – GPS + HRM Stats

Seeing as James asked for a daily updates as far as my attempts to get fit are concerned, here are the stats from my Mountain Bike Ride around the Pendam Trail at Nant-yr-Arian today. First the route itself, My Speed and Heart Rate graph… Max 172bpm once again! And the summary stats. After the first...

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Fitness Training For Geeks

As you know my latest gadget which arrived yesterday is a Garmin Forerunner 305, which is a GPS enable Heart Rate Monitor training device. The idea is that when you are out running, cycling or doing any other outdoor activity it tracks your precise position and speed using the GPS and records your heart rate...

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GPS Enabled Devices

I seem to be becoming GPS enabled in all walks of life these days. It started with a Garmin eTrex that I originally bought to see how fast I could go whilst windsurfing and then started using for geocaching. I had a TomTom One XL for my birthday which has been working well and is...

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A Busy and Festive Weekend

The weekend just gone was the date of our annual family pre-christmas get together and rather than go ‘Xmas Tree Hunting’ near Bristol most of the Cole family met up at Coed-Y-Brenin for a walk in the woods. My parents arrived here on Friday evening and then on Saturday morning we all headed off to...

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Mountain Biking at Nant Yr Arian

I had another nice day in the hills today mountain-biking with Reg, Shem and Martin. We started at Pendam where I met Reg at around 10am and had a cup of tea, Shem and Martin turned up, Shem with his brand new bike. A Giant Anthem which looked really nice and was pretty light too....

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An action packed weekend

I’ve had another action packed weekend here in Mid Wales. Enjoying the best that the area has to offer, all thanks to Anna who of course had Morgan to contend with on Saturday whilst I enjoyed myself. Steve arived at around 9am and we headed off to Pendam for a mountain bike ride out to...

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The Beast, Coed y Brenin

There was no wind forecast this weekend and after a brief visit to Coed y Brenin a few weeks ago I was dying to try out some of the moutnain biking trails there so I made an early start on Saturday and met Steve in the car park at 9am. We decided to do the...