Get outdoors and exercise!
I have shifted the swim to the day before for more favourable tidal conditions, after a friend at the Devon Wild Swimmers gave me a few pointers about the low tide conditions in the Erme Estuary. This means that the challenge will now take place over three days, starting from Bigbury Beach at 10.30am on the [...]
Those of you that follow me on Facebook will know that my wife has recently been diagnosed with cancer. She was admitted to hospital in a rush on the 28th Dec and a diagnosis of Acute Myeloid Leukaemia was confirmed on New Years Eve. We are getting a lot of support from our family and [...]
I am getting the urge to do an Iron distance training session as I am fed up of discussing my Ironman aspirations with people and them simply dismissing me because I have never done a full long distance triathlon! Apparently half iron distance doesn’t count and I get the impression that certain folks think that [...]
After posting my preview of the Endurancelife round of the CTS at Dorset I went for a steady run with the Plymouth Tri Club. I warmed up nicely and then joined the club doing some strides. I jogged into them and led with my right foot, but as my left leg came up (high knees!) it felt [...]
The human mind is a funny thing. As my third marathon in three months looms I find myself really looking forward to it, but I can’t put my finger on why. The first two haven’t been kind to me. I injured my left knee on the first one and I had debilitating stomach issues on [...]
As I sit here injured due to a minor crash on ice yesterday morning, I’ve finally committed to something that I’ve wanted to do for a couple of weeks. I’ve made my charity challenge even harder. I’m 2 marathons in to the 8 marathons in 8 months schedule and I’ve decided to upgrade the last [...]
I saw someone on twitter figure out their total training for the last month and I thought I would do the same to give myself an estimated Ironman Time based on the times and speeds that I’ve averaged in the last month. Here is how it worked out: Totals for October so far: Swim: 8.1 [...]
Welcome to my latest Ironman for charity update. I’m not sure where the last two weeks have gone. I haven’t been racing yet I’ve had less spare time than ever. On a good note the article about my charity efforts www.justgiving.com/bikerunswimuk was published in the Mensa magazine. They’ve put up a cracking two page spread [...]
Wow, has it really been nearly three weeks since my last diary entry? I meant to do these every week, but the amount of racing and reviewing I’ve been doing in the last few weeks has taken up all of my spare time. In this time I’ve got colder than I’ve ever been before during [...]
In 48 hours time I anticipate being so tired that my legs no longer feel like my own. I will be just starting to discover sore places on my body where my kit has been rubbing from the previous 5 hours spent running, jumping and clambering around the welsh countryside. There will be the occasional [...]
