Loving it, loving it, loving it
OK, so I've ridden into work another two times since my first reintroduction to the cycle commute. Got to say that I'm really enjoying it and already starting to feel the benefits with parts of the body tightening up a little more and the tummy is already feeling firmer. One thing that surprised me was [...]
Riding to work. What a buzz!
Following my fastidious preparations I did make it out on the bike for my first cycle commute into work for 5 years. I've got to say that I was a little nervous as I'd only ever completed this particular ride once before during a weekend on my road bike …
Time to ride…
At home on Thursday evening and I'm gearing up for the ride into work. At the moment I'm ensuring I have everything I need, trying to make sure that I don't arrive at work only to find that I've left my jeans at home and have to spend the entire working day in my biking [...]
Is my achilles heel my achilles heel?
As I write this, the dull pain above my right heel has almost receded. I talk about my suffering following a 10 km run in the forest with my good friend and triathlon co-entrant, Steve. Ouch, ouch, climbing the stairs to the bedroom was a painful experience following the arduous run on some of the [...]
Mud plugging. Can this count as a swim?
Saturday morning, up at 8:00 am and ready for an off-road adventure in Epping Forest. From what the local dog walking fraternity say, the forest is muddy and wet wet wet, and judging by the amount of rain that fell the night before it certainly ain't going to be a dry ride … Can't wait [...]
Call that a swim?
I finally made it to the pool at long last. Don't get too excited though, the visit to the local pool didn't quite pan out as expected… Despite my best efforts to get a good hour's worth of laps at the local swimming pool, it wasn't necessarily to be. The main reason for my visit [...]
To sink, or swim?
Hmmmm. Well the swim didn't exactly go to plan, mainly because I didn't do it. Events kind of overtook the need to swim, however, by the end of the day I started to feel the need to excercise, so a run was in order. By the time I actually got round to getting my running [...]
Training is slow, it’s just not good enough
Hmmm, am I making excuses for myself or is it really that difficult to train just after having a second child? Not me, of course, but my wife. Last weekend, my second son was born. He's great and my eldest who is 3 is also really good about becoming as big brother, although he does [...]
Running out of excuses…
10:30 am, the midwife has been round already and am now debating whether or not to go for a swim when I get the opportunity. The fact I'm debating must mean that I'm either trying to get out of doing it, or am finding something else to do instead. I'll go for the midday slot [...]
More about the build up to training soon …
To kick this blog off it's about time I started coming to terms with the commitment I made to the impending London Triathlon. I think it's now about 13 or 14 weeks away. Anyway, as I step the training up, I'll post more to let you know of my suffering and sacrifice. More later.
