Ah winter training is always the bit i dread. I have to say i'm very much a fair weather triathlete - this doesn't fit too well in the UK and in the far North East of Scotland possibly even less so! But thankfully my new turbo trainer has arrived- my bright green Kurt Kinetic Rock n Roll trainer. i haven't used it yet, but i'm looking forward to it already, apparently it will allow me to bounce side to side on my sufferfest…
Race Report : Outlaw Half 2nd June 2013
After hearing good things about the full distance Outlaw, as soon as I saw this race advertised I registered, which was a good decision as it sold old really really quickly. I thought this would be a great way to train for the Ironman 70.3 UK in Exmoor, which I’d heard would be incredibly tough and I figured this may be an easier introduction into the distance, two weeks prior…
Lovely spring like weekend - but my training consisted of mowing the lawn, and pruning trees - i have to say it was tougher than my last 70.3!!! not seen gardening written into a training program but it should be! push your lawn mower uphill for 2 hours and then empty 10kg of wet grass about 20 times before trying to prune trees and not get smacked in the head by a branch. I'd planned on a 20km run but it never happened…
IronMan Wales Race Report
September 8th 2014. The day I was most dreading and looking forward to in equal measure. I always expected Ironman Wales to be the toughest of my races. It had been commonplace to suffix "Ironman Wales" with "the toughest Ironman in the World" and some of that repetition was starting to hit home. I was genuinely concerned about the bike phase and if I'd make the cut-off, and if it was windy…
