Category: Swimming

  • Still hungry

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    I’ve almost finished my fifth block of training in preparation for the 2012 triathlon season and I’m still looking forward to getting out on my bike and loving the early morning runs. Not bad, eh? The recent sunny weather and strong fitness probably help, but loving the training is a great sign. Ok, the hill…

  • Build block fatigue

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    I’m in the third week of my first build block for 2012 & the fatigue is hitting me nicely. I’m ready & recovered for each hard session but afterwards I’m sleepy & knackered. Dropping the volume & increasing the intensity is tiring me out. Zzzzz. Next week will be an easy week, and I’ve already…

  • Base training done, speedy stuff next

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    That’s 98 days of training done in preparation for the 2012 triathlon season, and so far so good. I’ve been testing again this week, and results were a bit weird on the running track (maybe too much coffee…) but the final 200m was the fastest I’ve ever run in that test, my 1000m swim time…

  • Preppie

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    I’m into a second week of preparation work before training begins in earnest next week. All this means is that I’m “training” again after a period of 6 weeks of mucking about and doing what I felt like. What I felt like turned out to be almost no swimming, bugger all cycling other than commuting…

  • Tendinopathy

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    I think my right Achilles (calcaneal) tendon has been sore pretty much since I started running again a few years ago. Well, probably after a while of building up my mileage anyway. It’s nothing too nasty, and often only presents as a scratchy sensation a few cm above the tendon’s insertion into the calcaneal bone,…

  • A Partnership with Sunwise

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    Sam
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    I used to run to and from work alongside the river Taff when I was living in Cardiff. When I switched to cycling my optician noticed changes to my eyes and recommended that I start wearing glasses to protect them from dust, insects and drying. Sure, I used to wear glasses all the time when…

  • The year of biking and swimming

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    This year I wanted to focus on biking and swimming in training, as my running was ok and I could make the greatest gains by improving my bike leg in triathlon. I needed to improve my swimming to give myself a chance of catching the leaders on the bike. Looking at the year so far…

  • Bala Standard Distance Triathlon, 2011

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    How windy was North Wales for the Bala weekend? (How windy was the whole UK?) It was a wee bit breezy up there (25-30mph), and it was a south-westerly, blowing the length of the south-westerly lying lake and its parallel bike and run courses. Sheeesh. If you can’t race in the wind your race was…

  • Next!

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    Sam
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        What the hell is wrong with me? I’m gearing up to the last race of the season and I’m already mentally laying out my winter training. Shouldn’t I be welcoming the R&R of October? I always look forward to the changing seasons. This morning was very autumnal out on the bike, in full…

  • Last big block of 2011?

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        I’ve pretty much finished my last big block of training for the year & I’m in a recovery week before a few peaking and taper weeks. I’m quite chuffed that I managed to hit almost every workout in a disrupted schedule, although the running has been limited to aerobic stuff of gradually increasing…