Month: February 2012
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March!
Well, its almost March. The sun is out again today, last weekend was gorgeous for training by the sea, and the first race of the early or pre-triathlon season is coming up on Sunday. It’s starting to feel like spring already! We’ve had a fairly mild winter out by the Gower but I’ll still be…
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cardifftri.net forced backend upgrades
My hosting company upgraded the version of PHP on my servers to 5.3 last night. Unfortunately I use old versions of Mambo as the content management system for cardifftri.net, and it doesn’t work properly with PHP 5.3. As I found out this morning. So I have to backup my SQL databases, backup my server files,…
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Build block fatigue
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…
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Puncture, what puncture?
My front tyre was a bit soft on the bike yesterday but I didn’t realise how soft until I pumped the tyres up today. It looks like I had a hole that the Slime in the inner tube fixed automatically. Some of the green slime was oozing out through pores in the sidewall as I…
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Swansea Health Solutions new clinic
The signs have gone up at the new Swansea Health Solutions clinic & it’s looking really good. Gareth worked on my calves in there last week (first client?) and the interior is coming along too. He’s hoping to be open later this month. www.swanseahealthsolutions.co.uk
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Mental challenge
Preparing for an international race like the European Triathlon Championships (my first race overseas, other than Ireland) has been tougher than maybe I had considered. Physically it’s tough, but it’s fine. Mentally it’s tough, but along with the usual things like fear of failure, of injury, the focus on a single event, and putting yourself…
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New sponsor: GlucoTabs and GlucoJuice
Yep, I’ve got another sponsor to help me in 2012! I’ve been talking with these guys for a little while and was waiting for the logos before blogging about our new association. BBI Healthcare have a base in South Wales nearby, in Pencoed. They make a couple of products right now that are pretty interesting…
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Base training done, speedy stuff next
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…