Training Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/training/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Mon, 06 Dec 2021 09:38:59 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg Training Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/training/ 32 32 2696646 Time to Rebuild https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2021/12/time-to-rebuild/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2021/12/time-to-rebuild/#comments Mon, 06 Dec 2021 09:38:52 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=36934 I wouldn’t say I’ve been ‘training’ yet, but it is time to rebuild. I don’t know if I’ll be competing in any triathlons, quadrathlons, cyclocross races or other events yet, so there’s nothing to actually train for anyway. I have however been very gradually increasing the amount of exercise I do. Rebuilding The volume and...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2021/12/time-to-rebuild/feed/ 3 36934 RPE vs Performance https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2021/11/rpe-vs-performance/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2021/11/rpe-vs-performance/#comments Fri, 12 Nov 2021 14:17:11 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=36887 Recent conversations with people have generally revolved around the recovery from my heart attack. People say hello, ask how I am and ask how my recovery is going. Generally it’s going well, if a little slowly for my impatient self. I’ll tell them that I still have some ongoing chest pain, although even that has...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2021/11/rpe-vs-performance/feed/ 4 36887 Back to Work https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2021/09/back-to-work/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2021/09/back-to-work/#comments Thu, 23 Sep 2021 09:46:26 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=36712 I’m pleased to report that I have now started back to work following my recent Heart Attack. Recovery has been progressing well, if a little slower than I would like, but that’s just me being impatient. I’ve been continuing with the cardiac rehab classes, even if they weren’t quite what I was expecting. I have...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2021/09/back-to-work/feed/ 1 36712 Man-Flu Lurgyitis https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2020/09/man-flu-lurgyitis/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2020/09/man-flu-lurgyitis/#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2020 16:08:05 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=34516 Well, it had to happen – Man Flu! After months of shielding, isolation and generally being careful, Morgan had to go back to school. Sure enough, within a week he had a bit of a cold so had a day off sick.  For some reason, despite being generally fit and healthy I always seem susceptible...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2020/09/man-flu-lurgyitis/feed/ 2 34516 The Weeks Roll By https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2020/07/the-weeks-roll-by/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2020/07/the-weeks-roll-by/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2020 08:54:31 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=34108 There still isn’t much happening here really. We are continuing to stay as shielded as we can as the virus is still out there. We hardly even noticed that the school holidays had begun. The fact that we’ve all been at home for so long now meant that there wasn’t really a noticeable difference. I...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2020/07/the-weeks-roll-by/feed/ 3 34108 Heart Rate Interval Traces https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2020/04/interval-traces/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2020/04/interval-traces/#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2020 14:00:09 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=32980 I do like making pretty heart rate traces. Here’s the one from my lunchtime run today. Nice hey? It has my run pace on it as well. All courtesy of a 10x 1min interval session. I didn’t really feel like it to start with so the first few intervals were a little lack-lustre but I...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2020/04/interval-traces/feed/ 1 32980 Socially Distanced Intervals in the Sunshine https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2020/03/socially-distanced-intervals-in-the-sunshine/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2020/03/socially-distanced-intervals-in-the-sunshine/#respond Mon, 23 Mar 2020 17:00:36 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=32889 Today’s Socially Distanced surf ski session in the sunshine consisted of eight 0.25 mile intervals with 0.25 mile recoveries between them. The intervals were pretty tough at times so there was some sweating and dribbling involved but I was miles from anyone else with the whole of Borth Bay to myself so that wasn’t a...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2020/03/socially-distanced-intervals-in-the-sunshine/feed/ 0 32889 A Good Start to the Weekend https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2020/01/a-good-start-to-the-weekend/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2020/01/a-good-start-to-the-weekend/#respond Sat, 18 Jan 2020 17:24:59 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=31876 It may have been a little chilly out there first thing, but the wind had dropped off, the rain had stopped and there were still some waves about. So, as the sun rose, it was off to the beach for me for a little paddle in my ski. Nothing too strenuous as I’ve got a...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2020/01/a-good-start-to-the-weekend/feed/ 0 31876 Box End Quadrathlon Results and Analysis https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/07/box-end-quadrathlon-results-and-analysis/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/07/box-end-quadrathlon-results-and-analysis/#comments Tue, 17 Jul 2018 08:32:29 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=26967 The results are out from the Box End Quadrathlon and I did OK. Time for something of an analysis. The official results are here: http://www.quadracracing.co.uk/images/2018-Quad.pdf, but I’ve added a rank column for each of the disciplines as I like to see that, so here they are with the ranks added. As you can see: I had a...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/07/box-end-quadrathlon-results-and-analysis/feed/ 3 26967 20 minute FTP Test – Fitness Gains https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/04/20-minute-ftp-test-fitness-gains/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/04/20-minute-ftp-test-fitness-gains/#comments Tue, 04 Apr 2017 07:56:33 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=24040 Phew, it’s been a while since I last did an FTP. Monday morning brought with it time to do a 20 minute FTP test though. My last test was at the beginning of January, an 8 minute test that produced an FTP of 290 Watts. Not great, but it dod result in a slight improvement over...

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