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A Social Triathlon in Memory of John

Alan Cole — Mon, 26 Sep 2022 08:00:22 +0000

I haven’t done a triathlon since 2016 and haven’t done any multi-sport events at all since my heart attack. In fact, I had kind of given up on the idea. I simply would never be as competitive as I was before and I’m not sure that pushing hard in a race would be a good...

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Which Training and Analysis Apps Now That Strava is No Longer Free

Alan Cole — Thu, 21 May 2020 10:59:45 +0000

The fact that Strava have started to charge for more of their offerings than they have in the past has forced me to re-evaluate which apps I ‘need’ and which ones I don’t. Do I need to pay for TrainerRoad, Zwift, Training Peaks, Strava and other such apps? What does each one do and what...

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Dearne Valley Quadrathlon 2019 – Race Report

Alan Cole — Mon, 17 Jun 2019 09:49:57 +0000

The 2019 Quadrathlon season is now well and truly underway. This weekend it was off to Rotherham and the Manvers Waterfront Boat Club for the Dearne Valley Quadrathlon. As usual I headed off early on Saturday morning so that I could have the weekend there. I was hoping to have an easy ride around the...

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Sociable Training

Alan Cole — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 09:50:44 +0000

I was quite sociable last week. I usually do pretty much all of my training on my own. I find it quicker to do, easier to fit into my schedule and probably more productive too. However, there’s no real focus to my training at the moment. I’m just training and racing for the fun of...

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A TrainerRoad Quadrathlon Training Plan

Alan Cole — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 12:42:56 +0000

With 2019 well under way and a lot of Christmas excess to shed I decided it was time for a new training plan. To be fair, some of the loss of fitness over Christmas was due to being ill for a few weeks, and over-indulging didn’t help matters. The timing was OK though. I may...

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And the latest injury is…

Alan Cole — Fri, 15 Jun 2018 09:14:50 +0000

There’s always something isn’t there. The latest injury is barely an injury at all, but it’s still preventing me from doing much training. Coming Back from an Achilles Injury I hadn’t been able to run for a couple of month thanks to an achilles injury. Rest was the name of the game for my achilles...

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Quadrathlon Equations – Trophy Series

Alan Cole — Fri, 15 Sep 2017 12:36:13 +0000

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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Shrewsbury Quadrathlon – Race Report

Alan Cole — Mon, 04 Sep 2017 09:20:15 +0000

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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Maximising your Time on the Water / Trails / Slopes

Alan Cole — Sat, 29 Jul 2017 06:37:05 +0000

We’re all busy people and there are never enough hours in the day to fit everything in. I think I do better than most people though. Despite having a young family, a job, running my own business and all the usual chores to do I still mangae plenty of recreation time by maximising my time....

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Brigg Bomber – My First Quadrathlon

Alan Cole — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 19:09:48 +0000

When three sports isn’t enough what do you do? The Brigg Bomber Quadrathlon of course! My first ever quadrathlon and a bit of a mixed bag for me. All good fun though and that was the whole idea. My First Quadrathlon You may have noticed a lack of posts about triathlon training lately. Fewer than...

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