Category Archives: Running
Its Been a While
Almost 3 years to be a bit more precise. Stumbled across my blog whilst reading Jenny Nesbitt’s Jenny’s Blog A friend convinced me to start this blog a number of years ago. He’d mentioned that one of the best reasons was to be … Continue reading
Our British Weather
Having spent 6+ hours over the weekend riding in the cold with continual rain/sleet, it seems bizarre to now be thinking that I’ve been lucky with the weather, which is what I’m doing after the few inches of snow that … Continue reading
Back on Track
What a difference a week makes. Two weeks ago I barely managed 1.5 hrs of exercise whereas last week I fell just slightly short of a planned 12hrs. As well as an improvement in my back, the change in weather … Continue reading
Back to the start
Following a promising start to training, a back injury has set me ‘back’ somewhat. Three weeks ago I tweaked my back which resulted in slight discomfort when reaching up of bending to tie my laces. I’m not entirely sure how … Continue reading
Here we go Again
Training The new training year began on 10th December for me, a date derived from when I would like to be at my fittest next year which happens to be beginning of July for a planned trip to ride in … Continue reading
Central CX Round 5
Since writing about the first few rounds of the Central League CX I’ve had a good training week followed by 2 not so good weeks. The week following round 5 at Brackley I put in some good turbo sessions and … Continue reading
Heart Rate and Illness
Training has been going well for the past month and I have noticed the improvement in fitness. Last Tuesday I was out riding some hill reps with the aim of building my heart rate up to over 90% max as … Continue reading
Wind, Rain and a (little) bit of Sun
Since returning from Holiday in June training has gone well, although as most people have experienced of late most rides seem to be greeted with rain or/and wind. Thankfully and most unusually this hasn’t put me off and actually thinking … Continue reading
Doesn’t time fly…………………..
Just noticed that it’s approaching 2 months since I posted on here. Since then I’ve completed the Evans MK sportive – unofficially as it sold out a few days before the event and ………………………………that’s about it. Whilst still recuperating from … Continue reading
Putting my Wheels Up
I seem to have taken this rest week too literally, having only played squash since Sunday’s Reliability Ride (Luton CC Reliability Ride Blog). I have planned to do 8 hrs across the week, made up of running, cycling, a weights … Continue reading
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