PB Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/pb/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Mon, 20 Feb 2023 15:11:05 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg PB Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/pb/ 32 32 2696646 A quick trot around the Boat Yard loop https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/02/a-quick-trot-around-the-boat-yard-loop/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/02/a-quick-trot-around-the-boat-yard-loop/#respond Tue, 21 Feb 2023 06:36:00 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=38811 I don’t know where that came from, but I had a fairly fast run around the Boat Yard Loop on Sunday morning. Not fast in anyone else’s books or fast by my previous standards, but fairly fast in post-heart attack times. I wasn’t planning on going fast and was feeling a little stiff from my...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/02/a-quick-trot-around-the-boat-yard-loop/feed/ 0 38811 Gradual Improvements https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2021/11/gradual-improvements-2/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2021/11/gradual-improvements-2/#respond Sun, 14 Nov 2021 10:35:57 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=36897 Sunday morning was a perfect morning for running, cool at 10ºC, overcast and still. After a quick walk to the beach where the surf was looking perfect I headed off along the flat straight road to Borth. I haven’t been back in the sea yet since my heart attack but with surf like that it...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2021/11/gradual-improvements-2/feed/ 0 36897 Fun Facing your Fears of Failure https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/07/fun-facing-your-fears-of-failure/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/07/fun-facing-your-fears-of-failure/#comments Thu, 12 Jul 2012 07:56:26 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=10565 I think one of the reasons that many people don’t do things such as triathlons is that they have a fear of failure. It’s hard to get motivated at the best of times, but if on top of that you think you won’t be able to do it then for many people there just isn’t...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/07/fun-facing-your-fears-of-failure/feed/ 1 10565 A Brutal New Course Record https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/06/a-brutal-new-course-record/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/06/a-brutal-new-course-record/#comments Wed, 27 Jun 2012 13:48:41 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=10490 Wow, that was quite a run, I was smashing records all over the place. Wednesday morning seems to be my day for a long hilly run. Not that long in comparison to what some people do, but long enough for me. As the nearest hills are about 4 miles from here, I tend to drive...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/05/a-new-pb-and-it-hurt/feed/ 0 10121 New Shoes, New Strategy and a New PB https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/04/new-shoes-new-strategy-and-a-new-pb/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/04/new-shoes-new-strategy-and-a-new-pb/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 07:26:38 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=9918 You’ve probably already read that I had a good race in the Pwllheli Triathlon on Sunday. I’ve now had chance to look through my data and I’m quite pleased with my run in particular. I know you really shouldn’t try new things in a race, especially something such as new shoes, but that is what...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/04/new-shoes-new-strategy-and-a-new-pb/feed/ 2 9918 INTR Tri Talybont Time Trial https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/08/intr-tri-talybont-time-trial/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/08/intr-tri-talybont-time-trial/#respond Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:19:57 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=8721 The triathlon club that I’m a member of organise several training events each week, one of them being an occasional, informal time trial around the Borth Loop. I decided to join in with this last night. It was the first time I’d done it and it is very informal. There were only five of us, Alison,...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/08/intr-tri-talybont-time-trial/feed/ 0 8721 Consistent riding on my new bike https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/03/consistent-riding-on-my-new-bike/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/03/consistent-riding-on-my-new-bike/#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2011 07:36:44 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=7431 Since getting my new Scott Addict bike just over a week ago I haven’t yet really got to grips with it. Any rides that I’ve done around a known course have all been slower than I’d done previously. I knew it wasn’t the bike, so it had to be either me, or the set-up, or...

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