Category: Running

  • Distraction

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    This triathlon thing has been a bit all consuming this year. I’m a natural obsessive but this year it’s been a huge topic. More people have been going hard to qualify for a spot at the home World Champs in London, everybody has been upping their games, the races have been bigger, faster, and as…

  • End of the summer

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    I reckon we’re coming to the end of the summer now, but wouldn’t be surprised if we had an extended dry period through September and into early autumn. The weather this year has been great in Wales, and we’ve become a little too used to it. I’ve had some rides and runs in the rain…

  • Gower Sprint Triathlon 2013

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    I raced yesterday morning at Port Eynon in one of the few races I’ve managed to get to the start line of every year of my short triathlon *career* so far. It’s a local race, and even though the start is just down the road it’s always a very early morning even for me, the…

  • Summertime

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    <a href=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/samwebster/9268549296/” title=”pembstri13_broadhaven_kmm_119 by samwebster, on Flickr”><img src=”http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7355/9268549296_3a913e26b6.jpg” width=”500″ height=”333″ alt=”pembstri13_broadhaven_kmm_119″></a> Summer’s here, and for us in medical education it’s a surprisingly busy time. The academic year is too long, and the gap in between is too short to run all the re-sit exam papers, prepare properly for the next year and take a holiday.…

  • Review

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    I had a crap race on Saturday for a number of reasons, which I’ll summon the strength to write about later this week. If you’ve been reading my blog you’ll recall that I’ve improved again this year, and recently made some tweaks to sort out some issues. I’ve made some training mistakes this season, but…

  • TriExercise Pembrokeshire Coast Triathlon 2013

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    Between the European Triathlon Championships and the British Champs this year there’s a tricky 4 weeks of working out how to recover, kick the fitness on, and try to “peak” again. There’s not much you can do or expect from 4 weeks, and as you dropped most of your training load & fatigue for the…

  • European Triathlon Champs 2013

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    A couple of weeks ago I raced as an age grouper in the Euro champs in Alanya, Turkey. Since coming back I’ve been busy catching up after taking only a handful of days away from work. I’ve also been mulling over what happened, how I’m performing and what to change. The venue was pretty good.…

  • Cosmeston Sprint Triathlon 2013

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    Nope, not racing this weekend! I took photos this morning at the club’s Cosmeston Sprint Triathlon. A beautiful location, an altered bike course, and a fair bit chillier this year. Have a look at the Flickr set. Well done all for completing this, especially the fella that almost gave up near shore. Big effort!

  • Deva Triathlon 2013

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    Oh dear. They say you learn more from your bad races than from your good ones, so I’ll try to do that here. The Deva Triathlon up in Chester was a World Age Group Triathlon Championships qualifier, and as we have a home World Champs this year, and a home World Champs on the Olympic…

  • TTG Gloucester Triathlon 2013

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    The first race is in the bag! It was good to get that out of the way, and great fun on a sunny day in Gloucestershire. The TTG Gloucester Tri is a sprint distance race starting athletes off in a 25m pool at 1 minute intervals, so it feels like a time trial. It was…