Roding Valley Half Marathon, finisher
Almost an entire month after completing my first ever official half marathon event I’ve summoned the energy to write about the painful memories of the 2 hours and 9 minutes it took me to complete the Roding Valley Half Marathon. The preparation for this event was fairly limited, a handful of weekend 10 km runs, numerous [...]
The Running Man, covering the half marathon distance
Two weeks and counting until the I “compete” in the Roding Valley Half Marathon. Nervous about never before having covered the full distance for this event (21km or 13 and a bit miles) I took it upon myself to give it a go in advance. My worst fear on the day is not being able to [...]
5 week countdown to Roding Valley Half Marathon
The Roding Valley Half Marathon, my first “competitive” event of 2010 looms closer taking place on 28 February. I’ve never run further than 10km previously, and to this day still haven’t run past the 12.5km mark, so yet to know if I’m able to last the extra 9.5km that I’ve not run previously. I do keep [...]
London Triathlon 2009 – Part 3 the run
Now onto the third and final leg of the London Triathlon 2009 the swim feels like a distant memory. The run section has always been my nemesis to a certain extent. My physique hasn’t typically been suited to running and still isn’t, I can’t imagine it ever will be but it’s something I’ve been working [...]
London Triathlon 2009 – the results are in – Part 1 the swim
A full two days have passed since completing this years Olympic distance course of the Mazda London Triathlon based at the massive Excel in London’s Docklands. Having dropped the bike off at transition the day before the big event, I eventually arrived at the venue on the Sunday and quickly tracked down and met up with my [...]
Poor show on the blog front, but training is picking up
Oh my goodness, has it really been almost two months since I posted? Poor show. Can’t have been very interesting for those of you looking in and not seeing anything particularly new. Rather than talk about what I haven’t done I’ll tell you about what I have done. Despite my promises to start training in [...]
Déjà vu three months before my next triathlon
I’ve been here before not once, not twice but at least three times. Each time I sign up to another triathlon or duathlon, I start off with the best intentions, meaning to establish a habitual training regime that is more consistent than intensive. Of course there’s always plenty of time for that, until of course [...]
New toys: Garmin Forerunner 405
OK, Christmas has come and gone and we’re now suffering the repercussions of the New Year celebrations as well as adjusting to the thought of returning to work. One of many things that I’m taking away from it all is my latest toy, the Garmin Forerunner 405, a personal training watch. A mere week into [...]
The Running Man
The GRIM Duathlon happened a few weeks ago now and the effects have worn off, thankfully. That was the first time I used my legs to “run” since the London Triathlon in the summer. Today, I ran again.
London Triathlon looms closer, the Tour de France inspires
I hadn’t really been thinking about until my tri buddy, Steve, alerted me to the fact that the triathlon was now only five weeks away. Gulp! I think my reaction was. Although now riding into work several times a week, that alone just couldn’t be considered sufficient exercise to prepare for the event ahead. Despite [...]
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 [...]
