Commuting by Brompton - 10 miles.
Swimming in LA Fitness. 60 lengths of 15M = 900M
Blocks of 10 lengths as usual, one block was breaststroke; the final 10 was done as a cool down after going into the sauna.
Friday, October 06, 2006
Thursday, October 05, 2006
Bike
Commuting by Brompton - 7 miles - plus Bank - Belgravia via the Apple Store on Regents street, and then back down to Vauxhall. This was due to me buying an Applle Nano MP3 player, and then going to the Star Tavern for a London perl Mongers meeting.
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Bike
Commuting by Brompton - 7 miles + (Bank - Oxford Circus - Waterloo) - approx 5 miles, to pick up Nike RunLondon T-Shirt. I also bought some new trainers. I got Nike Plus Air Zoom Special Edition 10/2 Lance Armstrong ones on grey/yellow. Very nice, £65.
12 miles in total, some very fast as I made it from Oxford Circus to Waterloo in 13 minutes.
12 miles in total, some very fast as I made it from Oxford Circus to Waterloo in 13 minutes.
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Monday, October 02, 2006
Sunday, October 01, 2006
Bike
Early morning cycle, with a day threatening rain so I wore my blue rain jacket, but it never materialised so I get really hot.
Circled around from Ascot to Virginia Water, Chobham and Bracknell for a near 70K ride.
Didn't look at my average speed at all, I think I concentrate too much on that. Still managed over 28km/h average.
Circled around from Ascot to Virginia Water, Chobham and Bracknell for a near 70K ride.
Didn't look at my average speed at all, I think I concentrate too much on that. Still managed over 28km/h average.
Goals: Ironman
I have entered and been accepted to compete in Ironman France 2007
This is a pretty big step, and a big jump from my previous triathlon, an olympic distance at Windsor.
Nevertheless, I've decided that it's now or never, and I have Jonathan also doing it with me, so that will help a lot with moral support.
Today I'm officially starting my training, though a proper plan will be drawn up over the next few weeks.
This is a pretty big step, and a big jump from my previous triathlon, an olympic distance at Windsor.
Nevertheless, I've decided that it's now or never, and I have Jonathan also doing it with me, so that will help a lot with moral support.
Today I'm officially starting my training, though a proper plan will be drawn up over the next few weeks.
Saturday, September 30, 2006
Summary
Since the last post (14th August) I've still been exercising fairly regularly, but not recording the results here. So here is a quick summary, though I know I have some bike times written down that I can hopefully upload later.
Went to Cuba for a holiday, and swam in the sea every day. My swimming really improved, perhaps not in technique, but in arm strength.
I also cycled on a stationary bike in the gym maybe 6 times, for 30 minutes a time. There were no readouts, and I was checking just my calories from my polar heart rate monitor, and this ranged from 320 to 360.
I didn't run at all. My ankle sprain really scuppered my running this year.
Since returning back to work I've been doing weekend cycles of between 50 and 90 km. I've been going to the gym and cycling shorter times obviously. I've done a few treadmill sessions, trying to get my legs working again without crapming up my calfs. I've done a run in Richmond park with Carol and Jon which was very slow at 48 minutes, and left me very sore for two days. However, I think I've gotten over the pain now and am back to almost normal running.
I've been swimming about once a week - 30 - 60 lengths in the LA Fitness 15M pool. Once I went to Windsor Leisure Pool and managed approximately 1500M of mostly crawl, but this took me nearly one hour.
Of course, I've been cycling to work as well on my Brompton, and along with various other journeys, am averaging about 50 miles a week on that (two trips to the passport agency in Victoria in the pouring rain being particular high(low)lights.
So, all in all, I've been maintaining fitness in a rather haphazard way, and need to get more structured for the coming winter.
Went to Cuba for a holiday, and swam in the sea every day. My swimming really improved, perhaps not in technique, but in arm strength.
I also cycled on a stationary bike in the gym maybe 6 times, for 30 minutes a time. There were no readouts, and I was checking just my calories from my polar heart rate monitor, and this ranged from 320 to 360.
I didn't run at all. My ankle sprain really scuppered my running this year.
Since returning back to work I've been doing weekend cycles of between 50 and 90 km. I've been going to the gym and cycling shorter times obviously. I've done a few treadmill sessions, trying to get my legs working again without crapming up my calfs. I've done a run in Richmond park with Carol and Jon which was very slow at 48 minutes, and left me very sore for two days. However, I think I've gotten over the pain now and am back to almost normal running.
I've been swimming about once a week - 30 - 60 lengths in the LA Fitness 15M pool. Once I went to Windsor Leisure Pool and managed approximately 1500M of mostly crawl, but this took me nearly one hour.
Of course, I've been cycling to work as well on my Brompton, and along with various other journeys, am averaging about 50 miles a week on that (two trips to the passport agency in Victoria in the pouring rain being particular high(low)lights.
So, all in all, I've been maintaining fitness in a rather haphazard way, and need to get more structured for the coming winter.
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