TRI-HARD IRONMAN 2.
andaz
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TRI-HARD IRONMAN 2.
Well after 13 marathons i have made the push and moved over to triathlon,been training running wise over 31 years but needed some new goals.Took up triathlon in 2008, doing few sprints and completing one half ironman.Had good year in 2009 doing half ironman and done the big one UK IRONMAN. I have also done Helvellyn tri down as one of the top ten toughest in the world.Sportive wise i have done all of the long hard ones in the uk including Fred Whitton challenge,Northern rock cyclone,Richmond cycle club sportives,Lakeland loop,Chemo classic to name a few.In 2012 my goals are,
Sunderland marathon,Newcastle marathon,steelman (Half Iron)cyclone gold standard,wrynose or bust,captain cook challenge,chemo classic and whatever else i can fit in.Please feel free to comment **** off my training methods but they work.Today at moment best London Marathon 3:09,half mara 1:26,10k 40 mins and Ironman 11:25.
ANDAZ.
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Well today had decided on short fastish run so 5k was the distance did 0.5 mile warm up and did the 5k basically its 2 laps of a housing estate were i used to live its got a slight incline in it for about half a mile so it gets the lungs working too.Fir...
Training today was another pool session opted fot another half iron distance swim,nothing spectacular just constant steady free style swimming at pace thats comfortable for me to hold for the said distance.Looking at my shift pattern between now and rac...
What a great day for running red hot ran 15 mile time for run was 2hr 2 mins pace 8.08 min/mile heart rate 154 bpm this website is running well slow today so this is short and sweet so i can get it on before it goes funny hope all is well got another po...
Well today was pool sess,i aint following any program for the half iron in july so just opted for a 1.2 mile swim just getting used to the distance for this race the swim took 45 mins may have swam 50-75 mts to much i always lose count in the pool but i...
Big improvement in weather today typical so i went out for a quick 5 miler decided to push on a bit and enjoyed the effort time for the 5 mile was 34.44 mins pace 6.55 min/mile heart rate 168 bpm,really enjoyed the run after yesterdays 50 miler in crap ...
Well today was a washout had planned on a 4-5 hr bike ride but not to happen,met up with 4 of the tri club lads training for ironman switzerland in july and we set off towards durham and waldridge fell, weather was hideous cold rain and wind,more like f...
Well last nights open water swim whent fine got to duridge bay there was about 10 lads from our tri club and about 20 from alnwick,every one had to wear bright skull cap and log in and out to get in water,pretty big lake everyone set heading for marker ...
Well today another fast 10 on the MTB time out 36.30 mins 16.5 mph,not bad for an old wreck of a mountain bike tonight its off to duridge bay with tri lads no idea what to expect first sea swim its on northumberland coast alnwick tri club train there th...
Well started today with a 10 mile on the mountain bike time was 37 mins pace 16.5 mph then aquickish change followed by a 5 mile run time for run was 35.44 mins pace 7.09 min/mile heart rate 172 bpm happy with time for run as i think sometimes you negle...
Well seeing as its my birthday 44 the day i just opted for a fastish 3 miler in strong winds though, time out 20 mins dead , pace 6.40 min/mile heart rate 167 bpm avg max was 180 bpm nice little run done and rest day off to enjoy.Hope the meal out and i...
Well had a great day down the lake district with wife and son,set off about 10am and got there miday whent all over the place had a really good time so we got back about 8pm and just done a 5 mile run in 39.58 mins pace 8 min/mile heart rate 148bpm was ...
Well it was up early and down to Richmond for the Dale 50,first cyclosportive event i have done so was a bit unsure of how it works,basically they put like a stick on your wrist and scan it when you go out and scan you half way and then on your return.T...
Today was pool session swam another 1.2 mile today bit faster than last one time was 46.58,so well on the way to making sure i will complete the swim distance of the Cleveland steelman triathlon in 6 weeks time,think i will actually go to the lake the t...
Was a nice day the day so decided on a nice easy long run,so i decided a half marathon training run would be fine.This is the longest run i have done since flora london marathon on april 13th so about six weeks.The run went pretty well i still had some ...
Well i entered the half ironman date is 5th july gives me 6 weeks to fine tune my training,i no i can cycle over 56 miles,did 70miles few weeks back i have ran over 40 half marathons,last week i swam 750m open water so i just got to up distance to 1.2 m...
Well i survived my first open water tri the swim looked more but i was fine the water wasnt to cold for the 750m swim,i was in second wave the swim took me just over 15 mins but you had a bit of a run to get to the transition area,was out of the wetsuit...
Easy day after last nights time trial,10 miles on MTB time was 36.37 mins pace 16.1 mph,tonight its off to tri club for pool session.Tomorrow i have half days hol so after work 11am its home and a quick check over of the road bike before i head off to k...
Well tonight i did my first ever time trial with tri club distance was 20k two laps round washington roads werent to busy traffic wise there was about 12 tri guys from club we set off in 10 secs intervals on the course,basically wasnt sure what to expec...
Well a busy day the day 10 miles biked on MTB time was 35.47 mins, pace 16.5 mph good mountain bike pace,followed by 4 mile run in 28.58 mins 7.15 min/mile and 159 bpm tonight as well i am off to pool for a swim sess with tri club,taken day off training...
Seems like results were posted wrong i actually came in 42nd overall and was 11th in v40 cat there were 130 finishers in total well happy to finish 11th v40 in my first tri race bring it on.
Well i did it my first tri had to be up 05.30 didnt go to bed till late after the oblig kebab and wine got to alnwick by 07.00 bike in transition and ready to rock i was in third wave in lane 6 for the dreaded swim,i dont like swimming took it easy swim...
Well tonight at 5.30pm done my second open water swim sess in lake in hetton was with about 10 triathletes from suncity tri club based in sunderland,one of them is an old mate of mine from years back as i train with a different tri club.Water was a lot ...
Busy day the day so opted for a 5k run straight out bed and out the door,dont like going out still asleep but sometimes you have to.Run was a loop so out and back time running was 21.01 mins pace 6.46 min/mile heart rate 173 bpm with a max of 188.I did ...
Well today another cracking day so i bikes it up to hebburn baths and swam 1.2 miles (80 length) this is longest tri distance swim i hope to do this year as its half ironman distance,i aint a great swimmer but improving as the weeks go by.Wasnt to busy ...
