Sweet Potato Flower
One of our Sweet Potato plants has started flowering… We’re still not sure how, if or when we’ll actually get any sweet potatos though.
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Today’s Diet Plan
Following on from my post about tracking my diet, I thought I’d post a list of what I’ve been eating, so here’s my food diary from Monday.. A typical day in the life of Alan. Breakfast 1 portion of M&S Delicious Nutty Crunch cereal 3 tablespoons of yoghurt – homemade with skimmed milk 1 mug...
What Does ITU Age-Group Triathlon Qualification Mean?
I noticed a discussion on the Tri Talk forums the other day about the cost of the entry fee for ITU Age-Group World Championship Triathlon in Auckland, which soon became a discussion not only on the cost of entry, but also on what qualification for this event actually means. People were complaining about the extortionate...
Swimming around Borth Reefs
With the sun shining and lots going on in Borth, we had a lovely weekend. We spent quite a bit of time in the garden, we popped into Borth for the crowning of the Carnival Queen and for Morgan to collect a commemorative mug. The mug was to commemorate the Diamond Jubliee and there was...
Triathlon Nutrition Tracking
My triathlon training and racing has been going well lately, but I’d still like to step things up a gear and get faster still. I can’t afford new go faster kit such as aero wheels or a tri-specific bike which could shave some seconds off my times. I could increase the training load which I...
Summer Moths
At last, we had a taste of summer here over the weekend. Clear blue skies, seabreezes and temperatures up to almost 20°C. Not only did Morgan and I manage to go for a swim in the sea on Saturday and Sunday, but we tidied up the garden a little and managed to put the moth...
Apple Store
Our recent and pointless trip to the Apple Store gave Morgan a chance to play with some of the toys there. He is saving up for an iPod Touch but had a go with other things too…. Somehow he just instinctively knows how to use them and within seconds managed to take a photo of...
Check Me Out!!!
I’ve just been added to the list of ‘pro performance athletes’ on the Beet-It website… Check me out: http://www.beet-it.com/athletes/ Looking good!
AppleCare Woes
I’ve been having some bad luck with Apple lately. First the hard drive in my iMac died. I did of course have a back-up so was able to boot from an external drive and continue working and I also had AppleCare cover on it so thought that getting it repaired would be easy. I gave...
Bristol Harbourside Triathlon Results
The Provisional Results from the Bristol Harbourside Triathlon are out. Click here to download them. So far it is just the finishing times and positions so there aren’t any splits but this is how the people I was with did (In overall order). I’ll update this post later once the full results are out…. [EDIT]...
