Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
I’ve decided it could be a good idea to get a turbo trainer to help keep me fit. I’ve been out Mountain Biking quite a bit and watching the Tour de France on the TV has motivated me even more to try to get a little fitter and faster so a Turbo trainer could be...
Day 7 of my lab tests for a Sports and Exercise Science study yesterday and Jon said it would be a test at one of the extremes. I’m not allowed to know beforehand what the intensity is though. 3 minutes in and the resistance increases and it was obvious that this was at maximum resistance...
My lab tests for the ‘Supine exercise and the power-duration relationship’ study continue. The second test on Monday was a very similar format to the first test except that I was lying down whilst cycling rather than in the usual position. It did make it harder and I didn’t last as long. The position is...
After taking Morgan and his friend for a little bike ride and to the playground in Aberystwyth and then sitting around watching the Grand Prix, I didn’t have much time to spare on Sunday. I wanted to go for a bike road though, so rather than drive 30 minutes up to the local trails, spend...
I had another action packed weekend here in Wales. Now that I have a new bike, my brother Jay came to visit so that he could borrow my old bike and come out for a couple of mountain-bike rides with me. He used to be a fairly handy cyclist, racing on and off the road,...
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...
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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