Category: Cycling

  • Swansea – Cardiff commute

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    Now this is serious bike commuting: Tredz Talk: Cycling to work, Tredz style (43 miles from Swansea to Cardiff, and then back again).

  • Runnersworld.com: Good Buzz

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    See, caffeine is good for sports performance, as I’ve been twittering on about for a while now: Article – Good Buzz. Caffeine helps endurance, helps speed, helps recovery, and helps you think. Without this wonder chemical I probably wouldn’t even be able to get out through the door and train. Unfortunately the article is seriously…

  • BMW’s Smart Car Doors Stay Shut When Danger Is Around

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    Gizmodo have noted the development of car doors that won’t open when danger is approaching; for example a cyclist passing a parked car. Great idea! I’ve been caught by a couple of car doors and each time it has been disastrous and expensive. “BMW has teamed up with Technical University of Munich in creating these…

  • From runner to runner? (Part 1)

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    My sporting history looks like it has come full circle. But I expect it to disappear off again in a new direction. At school I played the usual sports, and had good speed playing rugby and whatnot. But the other boys got bigger and I didn’t, and my ball handling/kicking skills were never up to…

  • Chocolate Milk as a Post-Exercise Recovery Aid

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    Going back to the milk, protein, latte notes of an earlier post, here’s a study looking at the effectiveness of chocolate milk in recovery. What a lovely idea. The study used 9, highly trained cyclists, depleted their glycogen stores and compared the abilities of chocolate milk, Gatorade and Endurox R4 (a carboydrate recovery drink) to…

  • Riding with my shadow

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    Multisport athletes are very lucky. I’m getting very tired of running, both mentally and physically. That’s as it should be as I’m reaching high levels of fatigue in the weeks before a race, and my legs feel like they’re in top condition (aerobically anyway, but there is some imbalance and tightness). The last two weeks…

  • Post workout recovery latte

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    My caffe latte I, er, occasionally grab after a tough run or a strength workout at the gym may actually be a better recovery drink than I joked about in a previous post. In a full milk latte you’re looking at around 10g protein, 225 calories and 5g of fat. Fat’s a good thing for…

  • Keeping warm

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    More scorpions arrive, prompted by more cold spells.

  • Cycling in February

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    We”re only seeing a light dusting of snow in Swansea.

  • Ironman

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    As I’ve probably said, I’ve moved back towards endurance sports. I’m running this year again, but at some distances that I’ve not run at before. Focusing on running gives me a chance to lay down some PBs and find out how fast I really can go (I think I can go pretty fast) but it’s…