Category: Sports

  • New sports

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    I am an awful golfer, but I’m enjoying myself. Kim often complains that I don’t try new things because I hate being crap. There may be a sprinkling of truth in there (who likes to be bad at something?) but I think my current golfing skills indexed with the number of hours I spend each…

  • Golfing family

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    This weekend I played golf with my dad and my brother. This was a new thing for me, but my dad and Nick have played many times before and this showed in their competitiveness. We had fun, even though I was crap. Dad’s course (he’s a committee member) is very nice and was in excellent…

  • Emily Prosser Triathlon photos

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    I finally uploaded my photos from last weekend’s Emily Prosser Sprint Triathlon to the Cardiff Tri gallery. I never did pick a favourite. I was too busy fighting my image cataloguing software.

  • Finished

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    Ready to play. It was a very easy job, and only took a few hours to regrip 10 clubs.

  • New Grips

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    New grips for old clubs. These should make my old golf clubs feel better and bring them into the 21st Century (a little – I have a sneaking suspicion that the clubs are around 40 years old). The blue grip is for the putter.

  • Thwack!

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  • Running Music

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    I had an interesting idea a few weeks ago. I don’t listen to my iPod when I’m running or cycling, but I know that many people do. Kim won’t go without hers. I also know that interval training in both running and cycling are very important in developing speed and muscle energy systems. Running intervals…

  • Green Machine Reborn

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    Some of you may remember this frameset. It just got rebuilt with a new Campag Mirage groupset and Campag Khamsin wheels for a cheap revamp to become a training bike. It’s a steel 853 frame, and it’s heavy, but so am I. This is about as clean as it will ever be, as I’m about…

  • Mass

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    I’ve been picking up the triathlon training over the last 5 or 6 weeks. You may remember that I was getting very bored, so starting running again seemed like a good idea. My various injuries seem to be staying down so far, and running is good. Swimming and cycling have been picking up too, and…

  • Landis’ Testosterone

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    I’m a little slow to catch up, because I’ve been involved in a number of things recently, but I’ve been reading up on Floyd Landis’ failed drug test. If you haven’t heard, the winner of this year’s Tour de France failed a test for testosterone levels after his stage win that put him back within…