Category: Triathlon

The Pain of a Strava Segment 0

The Pain of a Strava Segment

I really shouldn’t have done it, I know I shouldn’t, but I couldn’t help myself. It was my second run after a few weeks off due to a knee injury so I should have been taking it easy. My training schedule had me down to do the following: Run: 60 min steady with 2x 6...

Back to the Running 0

Back to the Running

I don’t want to speak too soon, but after a few weeks off running due to a knee injury I’ve taken my first tentative steps towards become a fully rounded triathlete again. I’ve still be swimming and biking despite the knee injury, but to be a triathlete you need to be running as well and...

Swim Route 3

Aberystwyth Triathlon Route

I did another Open Water swim in Abeyrstwyth last night. This time it was to check out a suitable course for the up-coming inaugural Aberystwyth Sprint Triathlon. Conditions were wuite different to my last swim here with increasingly strong winds from thr SW making the sea quite choppy and a little bit of swell as well. The planned...

Open Water Swim in Aberystwyth 1

Open Water Swimming in Aberystwyth

I had a meeting to attend on the seafront in Aberystwyth yesterday so thought it would be rude not to go for a little swim first. Before getting in I had a little chat with Tommy who was life-guarding, left my clothes and such like in the lifeguard tower and set off for a lovely...

Aqua-Jogging Workout 1

Aqua-Jogging Workout

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Open Water Swimming – The way it should be 0

Open Water Swimming – The way it should be

Now that was the way open water swimming should be. As it’s the school holidays Morgan was at home with me all day so I couldn’t swim during the day. Anna was playing in the silver band (in the bandstand on Aberystwyth Seafront) in the evening so I planned to go for a swim off...

Foam Rolling 1

Foam Rolling

As part of the rehab for my recent knee injury, I’ve bought myself a foam roller and have since been diligently foam rolling every day. Essentially foam rolling is a self-massage technique that should help relieve knots in muscles and fascia. We all know that riders in the Tour de France finish every day with a...

Aberystwyth Park Run 1

Aberystwyth Park Run

I’ve been looking with envy at the various Park Runs around the country lately and had even thought about organising one myself in Aberystwyth but it looks as though someone else is about to do all of the hard work for me. There’s news about that someone is organising a Park Run. The Aberystwyth Athletics...

Planet X Team GB Wheels 2

Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy Riding

Although I can’t run at the moment and walking often end ups being hobbling, I can at least still ride my bike. So, yesterday with the sun shining, no wind, no work and Morgan off at Holiday Club I loaded up with drinks and gels and set off for a nice ride. I’d planned a...

Vitus Sportive, Abergavenny 1

Vitus Sportive, Abergavenny

My knee coped with the CRC MTB Marathon on Saturday so I was all geared up for the Vitus Sportive on Sunday. After a decent nights sleep in the tent we were up and eating breakfast under pretty ominous looking skies. It wasn’t raining in the campsite but there were dark low clouds surrounding us...