W/E 18/05/2008
Monday, May 19th, 2008 Posted in News | No Comments »Until the weekend this week was spent mostly on the trainer putting in a bunch of half hour speed sessions trying to maintain an average speed of 20mph. The first 5 minutes of the half hour was spent trundling along ...
GLAJOG ‘08 Training - Loch Katrine
Monday, April 21st, 2008 Posted in News, Routes | 2 Comments »This was our first proper training run for GLAJOG '08. Since first talking about it we've added an extra body in the shape of Big "PH" Paul, who joined us for this ride on Sunday afternoon. We actually did the route ...
A very wise man once said…
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 Posted in News | 1 Comment »"Remember you're clipped in" And that is a very sound piece of advice. However, he forgot to add "and make sure you remember how to get out of your pedals". It was that second piece of advice I could have done with ...
Week 2 - I don’t like Mondays!
Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in News | No Comments »Just back from completing my first training run of the week and boy it was hard work. My legs felt heavy, it was windy, the bike didn't feel right, I didn't feel right and it took a real effort to ...
Day 6 - Rush Hour
Thursday, March 27th, 2008 Posted in News | No Comments »No commute today cos I was working from home. I had to head out a bit earlier tonight (so I could manage to sneak a few pints in with the boys after work) so I took a slightly different route ...
Day 4 (and a bit) - Deflated
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008 Posted in News | No Comments »I went to get on my bike to cycle home only to find I had a flat front tyre :( What a bummer that was after extoling the virtues of my Kevlar lined tryes. Thankfully I'm a bit of ...
Day 2 - The Hangover
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008 Posted in News | 1 Comment »No commute today, I decided to have a hangover instead. It turns out drinking Chocolate Stout all night isn't such a good idea on a school night. However, it was worth it as the band I went to see in ...
Garmin Edge 705
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008 Posted in Gadget Radar | No Comments »So, first item on the gadget radar has to be the soon to be released Garmin Edge 705, the all shiny and new GPS Training gizmo from Garmin. The spiel says: Trainer. Navigator. Edge 705 pushes you to do your ...
The training route
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008 Posted in Routes | No Comments »This is the regular training route I'll be using. It's 17 miles out and back with a 5 or 7 mile loop that can be repeated as required. It's a decent route with varied terrain and a couple of tough ...