The Great South Run and Beyond
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The Great South Run and Beyond
I have been running for a number of years now and this will be the third year in the Great South Run. I am hoping to start to increase the speed of my running as I get fitter and slimmer. My main aim with running is to enjoy it, day in day out and still be enjoying it in another 25 years time.
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Well we have been up to something new over the last couple of weeks. Evening swimming in a lake and yes it is cold, 5 degrees last night. When I saw swim, I mean more like a 10 minute dip, but on a moonlit frosty night it was magical. Apart from that no...
I have no real targets at the moment, just running, swimming and cycling as and when I feel. This week had been a bit quieter due to family stuff, but tomorrow I have a small adventure planned. I am going to run a section of the South Downs Way I have n...
The 10 k race I did the other weekend was great fun. It was a small run organised by a local club, around country lanes, starting and finishing t the scout hut.
I enjoyed every minute of it, it was hilly, windy it rained, but it was lovely to be out i...
I have still been taking it pretty easy, with just a coule of short runs this week, a short cycle and a swim session. Climbing tonight and then a swim session in the morning and a 10K race on Sunday. I have not been running much so the race is purely fo...
I have not really been up to much for a couple of weeks . At the start of September I did a Novice Triathlon to keep a friend company and it was a lovely weekend away. Then the following Saturday I did a Sportive with a small group of friends, again en...
It has taken me a while to get round to writing about my Middle Distance Triathlon, mainly because I could not really believe I had completed it. It is one of those situation where even though you have done something you still feel like you’re not the s...
So Sunday is the day I have been training for since forever, the longest triathlon I have ever done. OK, not an Iron man but half way there. All was going OK and then last Thursday I twisted my ankle when out running in the woods. It was not too bad, ...
I have not written anything for ages, but that is not because I have not been training, in fact quite the opposite. I have been running, swimming and cycling a lot.
I completed a sprint distance tri a couple of weeks ago and it went really well, the ...
Well I have been busy, trying to train in running, cycling and swimming has proved very time consuming, but good fun.
Fitting everything in is tricky, but swimming I am now feeling pretty confident with having completed a 1.94k lake swim event. It went...
It has been really busy few weeks, I am still working on my swimming, running and cycling. This weekend I bought myself a proper pair of Triathlon cycling shoes, I have been using MTB shoes all winter. The new shoes are taking a bit of getting used to. ...
I have had a bit of a nice surprise with my triathlon 16 week training plan. I had not looked ahead in the plan too far as did not want to scare myself, so have been working on one week at a time. I thought it had an 8 week base phase then 16 week build...
After a brilliant weekend camping and climbing in Dartmoor, this week’s training is really not happening. With the kids off school and me working I feel that the time I have free it is more important to spend it with them. I just need to decide on wh...
I have been swimming, cycling and running and now I have a bit if a sore lower back. Exercising does not seem to be making it any worse. I am experimenting with my bike set up, a bit, to see if that may be the problem. So far this week I have run 10 m...
I am still working away on my triathlon training plan and this week I have done two swim sessions and 3 hours cycling and 2 hours running, in total, so it is slowly building up. Three days have two session in which is interesting. Yesterday I did a swim...
I have a plan and I am now on week 3 of the build up phase, all going OK and I am enjoying it. There are no long sessions on one thing but session where there is either cycle/ run or swim/ run or swim/cycle which gives good variety, but it does mean I a...
I now have a training plan in place and I have completed one week. Feeling pretty pleased with myself, although it is described as base training period, so a long way to go yet.
The training plan I am using seems to put together two small session a lo...
It has all been a bit quiet here, the snow was enough to put me off swimming and cycling, but I did get out for a couple of runs. Me and the dog headed out for a run in the woods with a bit of snow on the ground and it was lovely.
With the snow I had ...
I was feeling a bit under the weather last week, maybe just worn out as the kids have been keeping me busy.
Last Saturday I went indoor climbing with my daughter , then again on Sunday with my son. Then led the running group on Monday night. Climbing a...
I had a brilliant race on Sunday, a group of us all went together so we had a good chat in the car. Then met up with more people from the club at the bag drop and had a chat some more. Then off to the start and I really enjoyed the race. I have been doi...
Happy New Year. I have been quite busy over the festive period with three sea swims with my daughter, a Park Run with my son and a couple of bike rides. I am trying to keep cycling through the winter this year, which I have never done before. Previously...
A good week last week. Since September I have been trying to swim twice a week, run twice a week and cycle twice a week, well this is the first week I have managed it. All small distances but all six session completed.
Mon and Wednesday - 5K runs
Fri...
I have not blogged for three weeks now, mainly because I have just been doing the same each week, two 5K runs, 2 swim session and trying to get out on my bike once a week.
As my ankle has not been 100% since I sprained it in June and I decided last wee...
Last weekend I ran at Park Run, a steady run chatting to friends. I did have to walk twice, but only very short amounts up a hill . This is the first time I have tried 5K since I injured my ankle and it felt fine afterwards.
My daughter and I are still...
This week has been varied again. I went to running club on Monday with my daughter and we did some intervals between lampposts, then Tuesday I had a riding lesson, Wednesday was a different running group with my son and we did intervals again. Then Thu...
