Haven’t done any training since last Thursday due to a horrible cold.  My wife brought it back from Manchester.  Thanks, Manchester. I didn’t used to get colds!  Being fit is bad for you. So I’ve been feeling very sorry for myself, and a bit frustrated because I have a swim trial with NEWTs next Tuesday (the local Tri club) and I want to do a decent job. However … spent half an hour on the turbo trainer this...

I think that’s what they call it, anyway. Had a great training week so far, with more to come.  A 3 mile run on Monday, a hard but great swimming session on Tuesday (swam 56 lengths in the hour, for me that’s a really good output!), 7 mile run yesterday.  And today, an hour on my new turbo trainer!  I followed a dvd that came with it — a cycle ride along the Italian coast — and it was bloody hard work.  A bath of...