Category: Running

  • Summer’s here?

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    Just as I was getting used to the long, mostly easy riding, running and swimming my training has switched at last to more race-like speed work. Of course, I’ve been racing since April or May, so I’m a bit out of sync with my original and current training plans. I just finishing my winter training,…

  • Llanelli 10k (2010)

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    Finishing speed, originally uploaded by samwebster. Check out the heart rate for this sucker! It was hot yesterday so my HR was a tad high, but see it kick up again at half way! It hits 95% of max HR by the end. It’s a positive split but I reckon the second half of that…

  • Windsor race report

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      I wasn’t going to bother writing a race report, but I haven’t blogged for a bit & it’s getting a bit work biased here, so I’ll write a short bit about the weekend. I’m also writing this on an iPad so let’s see how good this virtual keyboard is. I also raced the Gower…

  • Long run

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    It’s 92 days since I broke my foot and today I ran my first long run since then. Only 75 minutes and 500m shy of 10 miles hardly seems a long run, but to my legs it felt long. This is crucial as the Long Steady Run (or LSD) has profound effects on my run…

  • Fading

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    Day 269: Fading, originally uploaded by samwebster. The results from Llandovery triathlon are in and they look nice for me. I had a fast swim, which I knew, but I also had the fastest bike split. That’s very nice as I don’t think I’m biking very well yet. My bike fitness has only just caught…

  • 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),…

  • Running around the bay

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    76 days after breaking my foot I went for my first run by the sea, in the sun, around Swansea Bay. It felt good to be running again, but it ain’t easy. I’ve been building up to this slowly with walking and walk – jog – walk intervals. The foot has been feeling fine and…

  • 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…