Tagged: Triathlon

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Buying Some Time

As you may know from a previous post, I’ve been doing a weekly time trial on my bike as a way of improving my bike splits and testing my performance. I was due to do the time trial again today and wanted to try out my new aero helmet as well to see if it...

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Go Faster Hat

It was only a matter of time. I’ve already blogged about my faster shoes for triathlons and the go faster purple power potion, so now its time to get aero! Everyone said that I looked a little out of place at the Big Cow Triathlon as the athletes I was racing against had full-on aerodynamic...

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Team GB Kit

I’ve just received my Team GB Kit. All the elite athletes seem to be posting photos of themselves in their Team GB kit ready for London 2012, so I thought I join in. Mine might not be quite such a prestigious event, and rather than having my photo taken by a professional photographer in a studio I...

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Go Faster Juice – The Purple Power Potion!

You may recall my recent post about Beetroot Juice for Triathletes and how the high level of nitrates in natural, organic, healthy beetroot juice can improve athletic performance. I’ve been drinking it for a while now and have developed quite a taste for it. I actually look forward to my delicious glass of beetroot juice with...

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A Morning Made for Running

Wednesday morning was just made for running. No wind, 10°C when I set out, warming to over 15°C by the time I got back with clear skies and some lovely sunshine. I was supposed to do a 70 minute hilly run going faster up and over the hills and that’s exactly what I did. Not...

Cycle Training – Setting a Benchmark 1

Cycle Training – Setting a Benchmark

As noted in a recent post I’ve decide that I need to work on my cycling to improve my triathlon performances. So, over the next 4 week a key workout is a Time Trial session on the bike that I shall do once a week. It’ll involve 2 circuits of the Borth Loop. The first part...

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Revised Racing Schedule

I suddenly seem to have more events and races planned than I thought, although the relative importance of these has changed. July 15th – Bristol Harbourside Triathlon. This was an ‘A’ priority race as it is a World Championship qualifying race, but having already qualified it will now be a fairly unimportant race for me....

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Back to Basics

Having qualified for the ITU Age-Group World Championships on my first attempt, this years training schedule has changed a little. I was expecting to still be pushing hard and aiming to peak again for a second chance at qualifying at the the Bristol Harbourside Triathlon on July 15th. That is no longer necessary it’s back to base level...

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Beetroot Juice for Triathletes

I don’t want to give away all of my secrets, but Beetroot Juice is all the rage at the moment in the sports world. The very high levels of nitrates in beetroot juice are thought to dilate capillaries in the body allowing blood flow to the muscles to be increased. In addition, the high levels...

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GU Goodies

Look what just came in the post. A whole pile of free GU Goodies courtesy of the fact that I completed a Strava Challenge. The GU 100,000 mile challenge ran from March 9th to April 9th, The challenge was to rack up as many miles as you could. “The more miles you ran, the more...