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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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Brigg Bomber Quadrathlon World Championships

Alan Cole — Mon, 27 May 2019 10:20:03 +0000

This was the big race in many peoples Quadrathlon Calendar. It wasn’t just a World Cup race, but the actual World Championships so the field was stacked and many of the top Quadrathletes were there and fighting fit. It would be fast up at the pointy end! I wouldn’t be troubling that end of the...

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20 minute FTP Test – Fitness Gains

Alan Cole — Tue, 04 Apr 2017 07:56:33 +0000

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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Dyfi Dash Photos

Alan Cole — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 07:26:49 +0000

It was the 2017 Dyfi Dash triathlon on Sunday. I wasn’t racing (I did do a kayak Time Trial the day before though), but we were all marshaling at the event instead. As seems to be the norm for the Dyfi Dash, it was a cold, windy day but at least it wasn’t raining. We...

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A Week of Training

Alan Cole — Mon, 16 Jan 2017 08:56:03 +0000

It’s been a while (at least a year) since I’ve done any proper training, but I have now done a whole week of training! I had eased back from races and such like in 2015 but then arthritis in my shoulder at the beginning of 2016 forced me to ease off completely. I was of course still...

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Ocean Lava Half Ironman Distance Triathlon – Fishguard

Alan Cole — Sun, 24 Jul 2016 14:35:48 +0000

The Ocean Lava Half Ironman Distance Triathlon in Fishguard was to be my only race this year and my first since May 2015. Not only that, it was my first ever race of this distance. At Half ironman distance it was more than four times the distance I usually race so it was all a...

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Race Simulation

Alan Cole — Wed, 13 Jul 2016 06:07:01 +0000

My training for the upcoming Ocean Lava Half-Ironman distance triathlon has been going from bad to worse. In fact as mentioned previously I haven’t really been ‘training’ this year, just exercising. I’ve had a shoulder injury so no swimming. I’ve had achilles problems which has stopped me running a little. Then last week I had some...

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Training, Racing and Recreation Balance

Alan Cole — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 06:23:49 +0000

You may have noticed that although I’ve still be fairly active, cycling, running around the coast path and such like, I haven’t been posting about any proper training and certainly nothing about any races. This is all due to the fact that I’ve had a few niggling injuries. Injuries Last year it was plantar fasciitis,...

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Upping the Intensity

Alan Cole — Tue, 16 Feb 2016 10:53:02 +0000

After months of Base level training over the winter, it’s time to gradually start upping the intensity a little. Nothing too mad yet, just some harder, shorter intervals on the bike and some tempo runs rather than the usual low heart rate MAF zone runs. Sick Bucket Needed! Monday saw the first sunny day for...

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Garmin Advanced Run Dynamics on my Fenix 3

Alan Cole — Thu, 14 Jan 2016 08:19:31 +0000

The latest Fenix 3 v6.50 firmware introduced a slew of new Run Dynamics features giving me yet more run data to analyse. The updates to the Advanced Run Dynamics included Ground Contact Time Balance (GCT Balance) Stride Length Vertical Ratio This is in addition to the previous Advanced Run Dynamics of: Ground Contact Time (GCT)...

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