Getting fit in my 40's
Fink’s plan called for a 17 hour week immediately after the middle distance race. But, quite frankly, my body said no, and I listened to it. I was pretty worn out for a few days after Grafman, and I think to push it with running and biking would have been a mistake.
As it happens, I’m quite happy with how last week went. I...
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This was my first half-iron distance race — 1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike, 13 mile run – and a big step up from anything I’ve done before. And it was a blast. Here’s what happened…
Pre-race
It was great meeting fellow Ironman-virgin Andy Baxter. We’ve been chatting for ages on email etc about our training...
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Right, I’m very bad and haven’t posted here for a while. That’s not good. Three weeks without a post, in fact! It’d serve me right if you’d all buggered off and started watching Britain’s Got Talent. But, of course, you’ve got more taste than that.
So what’s been happening these past...
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What a tough one! This was the 30th anniversary of the Blaenafon Triathlon, and it now shares the title of longest running tri in the UK with a race in Ireland. A huge milestone, but it’s not surprising, as it’s such a challenging race. No one who finished this one yesterday doesn’t feel a real sense of achievement...
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Fink’s plan called for a 17 hour week immediately after the middle distance race. But, quite frankly, my body said no, and I listened to it. I was pretty worn out for a few days after Grafman, and I think to push it with running and biking would have been a mistake. As it happens, I’m quite happy with how last week went. I swam three times — one a good open water session with NEWT — and had a couple of good...
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This was my first half-iron distance race — 1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike, 13 mile run – and a big step up from anything I’ve done before. And it was a blast. Here’s what happened… Pre-race It was great meeting fellow Ironman-virgin Andy Baxter. We’ve been chatting for ages on email etc about our training and hopes for Ironman, so it was a real pleasure to meet up with him. We had a good chat,...
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