{"id":12644,"date":"2013-03-18T08:10:36","date_gmt":"2013-03-18T08:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12644"},"modified":"2013-03-18T08:20:25","modified_gmt":"2013-03-18T08:20:25","slug":"biking-and-running-in-the-real-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/03\/biking-and-running-in-the-real-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Biking and Running in the Real World"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have to confess that most of my training seems to have been indoors lately.\u00a0I’ve been on the turbo trainer loads thanks to TrainerRoad<\/a> as it is much quicker and easier to fit in a turbo trainer session than it is to go out in the real world. It is also more controllable so the actual\u00a0training\u00a0benefit I get from it should be greater. I haven’t been running lately thanks to more knee and lower leg pain so instead\u00a0I’ve been aquajogging<\/a>, and it’s far too cold for open-water swimming here at the moment – the sea temperature is around 7\u00b0C\u00a0(44\u00b0F)\u00a0at the moment – so all my swimming has been in the pool.<\/p>\n

Winter still seems to have us in its grip, the hills are covered in snow and there doesn’t seem to be much of a let up in sight. Spring is just around the corner though and there have been a few windows of opportunity so I did finally get in the real world the other day. Friday was dry and bright so I headed out for a nice easy spin on the bike around the local roads. The Turbo Training may be good but somehow it just doesn’t prepare you for the real world. I certainly wasn’t fast and it felt much harder than it should have. Maybe I was just tired, but I’m going to need to get out on the bike a bit more so that\u00a0I’m used to the lumps, bumps, winds and weather associated with riding in Wales.<\/p>\n