Category: Running

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Offa’s Dyke Path Run – Llandegla to Castle Mill

Offa’s Dyke Vital Stats Llandegla to Castle Mill Distance: 16.61 miles Elevation Gain Today: 647m Highest Elevation: 496m Time: 2:54:38 Av. Pace: 10:31mins/mile Av. Heart Rate: 131bpm Max Heart Rate: 153bpm Calories: 1417 Totals to Date Total Distance: 492.96 miles Total Time: 92:05:03 Total Elevation Gain: 13755 Total Calories: 46373 Distance to go: 132 miles I managed to...

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Offa’s Dyke Path Run – Bodfari to Llandegla

Offa’s Dyke Vital Stats Bodfari to Llandegla Distance: 17.57 miles Elevation Gain Today: 1339m Highest Elevation: 565m Time: 3:26:07 Av. Pace: 11:44 mins/mile Av. Heart Rate: 137bpm Max Heart Rate: 168bpm Calories: 1914 Totals to Date Total Distance: 476.35miles Total Time: 89:10:25 Total Elevation Gain: 13108 Total Calories: 44956 Distance to go: 148 miles What a perfect day...

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K’Nex Roller Coaster

It wouldn’t be Christmas without the building of toys. Mind you, as Morgan gets older and technology takes over his life it’s harder than ever to prise him away from the screen. The fact that he had an X Box for Christmas didn’t help with this but I did manage to get him to help me build...

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Quadrathlon Equations – Trophy Series

I’m always doing maths when out swimming, cycling and running. Counting lengths in the pool, calculating distances. working out pace per mile or how long it’ll take to get somewhere. Working out average speeds and distances left on a bike ride.Counting down intervals or working out Heart Rate zones. It takes my mind off the...

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First One Way then the Other

I’m only doing short training sessions at the moment. Just trying to squeeze things in with everything else that is going on but at least I managed to get out between the showers today. First one way, then the other First I started with a run from our house out onto the beach and then...

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Shrewsbury Quadrathlon – Race Report

At last, after my first ever Quadrathlon at Brigg back in May, I was toeing the line again at the Shrewsbury Quadrathlon. Injury and illness had kept me from competing at a number of other events throughout the year which was a shame as I had hoped to do all of the trophy series races, but...

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Offa’s Dyke Path Run – Prestatyn to Bodfari

Offa’s Dyke Vital Stats Prestatyn to Bodfari Distance: 12.97 miles Elevation Gain Today: 760m Highest Elevation: 268m Time: 2:22:58 Av. Pace: 11:02 mins/mile Av. Heart Rate: 136bpm Max Heart Rate: 163bpm Calories: 1416 Totals to Date Total Distance: 458.78miles Total Time: 85:44:18 Total Elevation Gain: 11769 Total Calories: 43042 Distance to go: 166 miles Having finished off the...

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Great Cumbrae Trip Day 5 – Day trip to Largs

Day four of our trip to Great Cumbrae and with the kayak race completed it was time to chill. I was up early as usual and ready for a nother circumnavigation of the island. Yesterday I had circumnavigated it by surf-ski and bike. Today I was going to do it on foot with an early...

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Wales Coast Path Run – Mostyn to the Border

Coast Path Vital Stats Mostyn to The Border Distance: 21.78 miles Elevation Gain Today: 117m Highest Elevation: 62m Time: 3:31:27 Av. Pace: 9:43 mins/mile Av. Heart Rate: 127bpm Max Heart Rate: 145bpm Calories: 1820 Totals to Date Total Distance: 445.81miles Total Time: 83:31:20 Total Elevation Gain: 11009 Total Calories: 41626 Distance to go: 453 miles Another day on...