Category: Sports

Biking and Running in the Real World 0

Biking and Running in the Real World

I have to confess that most of my training seems to have been indoors lately. I’ve been on the turbo trainer loads thanks to TrainerRoad as it is much quicker and easier to fit in a turbo trainer session than it is to go out in the real world. It is also more controllable so the...

The Lifespan of Running Shoes 1

The Lifespan of Running Shoes

You may not have noticed by my lack of posts about running here but once again I haven’t been running due to injury. I had to stop running last year at the end of July due to knee pain which then became shin pain and a suspected stress fracture. An MRI scan didn’t show too...

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Rubitrack Updates

The software that prompted me to upgrade to Mountain Lion had an update to it earlier in the week. Rubitrack is a training diary and fitness tracker for the mac that keeps track of all the training I do. I changed to it from Ascent when I upgraded to Mountain Lion mainly because it was...

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Slacklining

One of Morgan’s birthday resents from us was a Slackline set. If you don’t know what slacklining is then it’s a little like tight-rope walking, but the line isn’t tight! It’s actually a practice in balance that typically uses nylon or polyester webbing tensioned between two anchor points. The slackness of the line provides a...

INTRtri Aquathlon 2013 0

St David’s Day Aquathlon Aberystwyth – Photos

I wasn’t competing in the INTRtri St David’s Day Aquathlon at the weekend. Mainly because I didn’t want to, but also because it then means as a committee member of the club I could help out with marshalling on the day. I’m not that keen to compete simply because it is too early in the...

Me in an advert 4

The Face of Beet-it!

Amazon.co.uk Widgets Ha, who’d have thought it – I’m being used in an advert for Beet-it Sport, the  ‘beetroot stamina shot’ aimed at cyclists and triathletes. I’ve been using it myself for a while and have been one of the ‘pro performance athletes‘ since last year but now they are using a photo of me in...

My PMC Chart so far in 2013 9

Up she goes! Consistent Training and CTL Scores

You know me, I spend just as much time recording my training data as I do actually training. By the time I upload it to Garmin Connect, Strava and Triblogs and import it into Rubitrack, I’ve barely got time to actually analyse it! I also have to add it to my excel training diary that...

Lunch 0

Healthy Eating

Thanks to my 8 puddings after a carvery at The Marine a couple of weekends ago and then a monstrous 16 puddings at the pudding party on Sunday I seem to be getting a reputation for nno-stop eating. Maybe I should take up competitive eating instead of triathlon, I think I’d be good at that...

FTP Test - 25th Feb 0

Functional Threshold Power (FTP) Test No. 3

My turbo training schedule had me doing an FTP test on Monday courtesy of TrainerRoad. These tests are always hard, so I guess it was my punishment for such a pig out at the pudding party on Sunday. This was the third time I’d done such a test so I’m getting used to them now but...

Last Weeks Training Diary 2

Taking Care of the Calories

After such a pig out yesterday I thought it was time to get back into it step up the training and burn off some of the calories! Last week was a recovery week so a fairly easy week for me with 2 rest days! Here’s my training diary: This meant that I was fairly well...