-
Anyone at home?
Feb0420134:35 p.m.
I can't go over the "it's been too long" stuff again. Suffice to say that I blogged once in 2012. Just once. Poor.
Anyway, I am still here. And I am still doing what I was back then. As we are deep in winter, I am deep into LSR territory, which is going well, despite a niggly left claf strain at the moment. Last month was a watershed for me: 101 miles in a month, which was the first time I had broken that boundary since March 2009. A long way for me.
No cycling at present due to the weather and precious little swimming too, but I do have a plan for 2013. I am stopping entering "the toughest half ironmans" I can find and instead am going for a flat and fast one - the Ely Monster Middle Distance triathlon: 1.2 mile river swim (sadly upstream), 56 mile flat and fast course followed by a 13.1 mile flat run. Should be a PB for me then, and in my head, I have "sub 6 hours", which equates to a 45 min swim, 3 hour bike and 2 hour run, with transitions. That is POTENTIALLY possible, but marginal!
The other thing which has kept me busy is the Andover parkrun. I still am a Run Director for it and it does take up a fair bit of time and effort but I still love it, and we will be 2 years old this year.
I'm not going to make this a long post as it is my first back for a while, but hopefully you might see me a bit more in the coming months.
Have added an image from a recent LSR for your delictation.
Jon
Previous Posts
-
May2220124:12 p.m.
Still alive, still training
Yes I never went away really. Can it really 6 long months since my last blog? So what has happened in Simmonds-land in that time? Well, more of the same... -
Dec20201112:20 p.m.
Result of the no-training-marathon experiment
Who’d have thought it? You can run a half-marathon on no training at all. That’s what I found out at the Portsmouth Coastal Waterside marathon on... -
Nov2220113:46 p.m.
Advice please from marathoners
Another week sails by. Another physio appointment. More pain and IT stretching and massaging. Leg is feeling slightly better, but physio has advised me to have... -
Nov1420114:01 p.m.
Deja-bloody-vu - aaaaaaaaaaaaaggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Just when I thought another marathon was in me. Just when I was smashing PBs and doing well. New 5km PB under my belt (20:59), now 10 mile PB under my belt at... -
Sep0520112:18 p.m.
Putting my money where my mouth is
After months of talking the talk, but not walking the walk, I have finally taken the plunge and entered another marathon. Marathon number 2 is the Portsmouth...
Comments (3)
Firefly123 'Great to hear from you, Jon and I'm so glad I'm not the only occasional blogger. Great photo, but it looks very cold!' added 4th Feb 2013
Report as inappropriate
Rob_Barber 'When you break down a triathlon and look at it like that, it is a heck of a challenge, to stay close to 20mph on the bike for the best part of 3 hours is a toughie in itself. I have the utmost respect for anyone who dares to take these things on.' added 4th Feb 2013
Report as inappropriate
moose10 'good to hear from you Jon and good luck with the plan for the tri nice piicy never got any of the white stuff down this neck of the woods' added 5th Feb 2013
Report as inappropriate