Category: Cycling

  • I won a trophy today

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    Day 268: I won a trophy today, originally uploaded by samwebster. Hmm, not much of a race report for this one, from the Llandovery sprint triathlon. Swam fast (fastest ever), got on my bike (ooh, tricky), cycled fast (no idea how fast yet, but caught lots of slower fish), got off the bike (also tricky),…

  • Sunny days on the Gower

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    Day 257: OMG I live here?, originally uploaded by samwebster. Mean no time for blogging!

  • Heart rate and power

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    Heart rate and power, originally uploaded by samwebster. Here is an example of why I think it’s helpful to know both heart rate and power. Here’s a screenshot of a part of today’s ride, climbing the main hill. You can see that heart rate rises early in the climb and continues to increase as the…

  • Week 6 in plaster

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    I’m finally into my 6th and hopefully final week in plaster. My foot is feeling really solid still, and the only discomfort I’m getting is from the plaster cast flexing and squashing my toes and banging against my heels. Walking is still a bit of a hobble because the cast prevents any ankle movement and…

  • 5 weeks in plaster

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    I’ve done 5 weeks in plaster now. That’s 35 days in a cast from my toes to my knee on my left leg. From the end of week 4 the foot started to feel really solid again with no pain. I can sometimes wiggle it and find an interesting sensation, like probing a painful tooth…

  • Week 4

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    My ability to walk and move is much easier three and a half weeks after breaking my foot, but the boredom isn’t getting any easier to deal with. I really miss the feeling of movement, of running, swimming or cycling. Reading about it, or planning for the rest of the year doesn’t help much (although…

  • Counting the days

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    I’m back into fracture clinic tomorrow morning. The foot feels pretty good and is well supported by the cast. As you can see from the image above, I’ve got counters running that count the days of healing and count down towards my major races this year. I won’t be that fit for Windsor but I…

  • Going nuts

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    It’s almost two weeks since I fractured the bone in my foot and I’m starting to go nuts. Kim’s surprised I’ve not gone mad already. I’m trying not to think about it. Six weeks in plaster and six weeks out of training is the least of it. As I can’t put any weight on my…

  • RIP Polar S625x

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    I thought I’d revived the little fella with a new battery and a little TLC, but it looks like its days of partnering me when training are over. It has had a tough life. After its last new battery a couple of years ago it misted up when swimming in Africa and has been a…

  • Self-coached

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    I like coaching myself. I’m very motivated and obsessively read around any subject I’m interested in. I have a reasonable understanding of the human body and I’m always keen to add to that, to tie in different bits of knowledge and better understand what’s going on inside me and the other machines like me. I…