Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
I wasn’t really sure how this race was going to go. It was quite a big race being my one and only chance to qualify for the 2013 European Championships, but preparations hadn’t been great. I’d been training well but hadn’t necessarily peaked for this race, and I’d been struggling with injuries. The Injury List First...
The full results from yesterday’s Rother Valley Triathlon are out. Click here to read my Rother Valley Triathlon Race Report. I was first in my age group with an official time of 1:13:42 My official splits were: Swim (750m): 10:43 T1: 1:03 Bike (25.5km): 43:34 T2: 0:45 Run (5km): 17:39 I’m happy with that and...
Phew, I think we’ve just about caught up after our whistle stop visit to the Isle of Man. The main reason for visiting the island this year was to attend the wedding of Andy and Natalie, but as the wedding fell on the same weekend as the Isle of Man End2End mountain bike race I...
I don’t know if it is just my usual pre-race pains but I seem to be falling apart at the moment. My left ankle is always sore. I tore some ligaments in it about 18 months ago and the soreness and aches used to come and go but recently they seem to be there all...
Whilst I was out riding the Isle of Man End2End on Sunday, Anna and Morgan were out there driving from one end of the island to the other trying to spot me as I rode past. The were also manning the camera and got a whole load of shots of riders as they flew past them....
I hadn’t really intended to do the Isle of Man End2End MTB Race this year. I’ve been concentrating on Triathlons instead and have therefore hardly been out on a Mountain Bike at all. However, we had been invited to a family wedding on the island on Saturday Sept. 8th and the Isle of Man End2End...
As per usual my next ‘race’ has come around sooner than anticipated – The Isle of Man End2End Challenge take place this weekend. It’s a 75km mountain bike race from the Northern tip of the Isle of Man to the Southern tip with plenty of big hills in between. I’m not actually ‘racing it’ and...
It may not be the most exciting of moths to look at, but it has caused some excitement here today. It’s a Black-banded moth (Polymixis xanthomista) that I found in the trap last night. It’s fairly rare in the UK having a designation of ‘Nationally Scarce A’. It is a sub-species distinct from those in mainland...
We thought we’d introduce Morgan to the joys of hill walking at the weekend as he hasn’t really done any before and where better to start than the highest mountain in Wales. To be honest, it really is the best place to start, not only is it quite an easy climb but the fact that...
Wii-Fit Yoga in stripy underpants – It’s what school holidays were made for.
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