Tuesday, 11 May 2010

All done!

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All done and dusted! I finished the last leg of the triathlon this morning, after swimming 192 lengths in 87 minutes. Three miles is about 4...
Monday, 10 May 2010

stage 2 done (in)

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Well, we did it. We weren't quite as fast as we might have liked: I was still struggling with my cold and Sean wasn't used to runnin...
Sunday, 9 May 2010

Stage 1 done!

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Well, that's part 1 of the three day nightmare done and dusted: the Bealach race completed in a just under three hours. It nearly never...
Sunday, 2 May 2010

Hard going on the Bealach

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I didn't get a chance to post anything yesterday on the blog: it was late and I was shattered by the time I got back to my folks' pl...
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Saturday, 1 May 2010

First attempt

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No training yesterday. I thought I'd give myself a break in advance of today's first attempt at the Bealach. So, in a few minutes I...
Thursday, 29 April 2010

The steeper the better

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Not much time for blogging this week, I'm afraid: a heavy teaching load taking its toll. Training wise, Tuesday was a day off, partly th...
Monday, 26 April 2010

Ouch part 3

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Sorry for the lack of blogging over the weekend. I was down in England for a viva on Friday (so no training), and was too tired on Saturday ...
Thursday, 22 April 2010

Still snowing ...

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Well, not only was there a brief flurry of snow here in Fife yesterday, but the forecast for the Highlands also promised snow accumulating f...
Wednesday, 21 April 2010

More thanks!

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Big thanks to Mengmeng for her donation to the project. What a star! Training-wise, today was a swimming day. I'm not devoting much time...
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Tuesday, 20 April 2010

Spinning and Snowing

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This photo, which I came across on this climbers' blog suggests that I might need to run Nevis in full climbing gear. Now, I'm not ...
Monday, 19 April 2010

Big thanks to Murdo Murchison

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A huge word of thanks is due to Murdo Murchison , who made a substantial donation to Project Zambia today. Murdo is a friend of mine, a car...
Saturday, 17 April 2010

day off

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No training today. I felt a bit unwell, actually, which I suspect was just because I hadn't properly refueled after my cycle yesterday. ...
Friday, 16 April 2010

Going the distance

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Congratulations to all in the team for Project Zambia, for cycling the length of the U.K. without leaving the U.K.! I chipped in with an hou...
Thursday, 15 April 2010

Stay in the Saddle

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Only a short time for training tonight, so just an hour on the bike. That, by the way, is a short session! The route targeted a couple of st...
Wednesday, 14 April 2010

Spinning the length of the U.K.

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The picture above will make sense when you get to the end of this post! Today's training session was a little different. One hour on the...
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Tuesday, 13 April 2010

Ouch Part 2

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Well, today was a running session. I had planned to do about 10k, but after the first 5k lap of a fairly hilly route that runs around the vi...
Monday, 12 April 2010

Pounds

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The good weather continues, but with the routine of teaching (and all that goes with it) starting up again, training times are getting pushe...
Saturday, 10 April 2010

On the road

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With beautiful weather today, I managed to get out for a decent cycle, even getting away with wearing shorts rather than leggings for the fi...
Friday, 9 April 2010

Rubbish week redeemed!

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Quiet blogging this week, because my training has been rubbish! I missed a session on Wednesday, because a domestic chore turned out to be b...
Tuesday, 6 April 2010

Aches and Pains

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Today's training involved 30 minutes on the spin bike, followed by 30 minutes of running, with about 15 minutes of the run done at a 15%...