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Current programme: Winter base: build up swim distance to 2k, runs to 10k, do one long ride a week and introduce olympic weightlifting in a light, explosive way to get some plyometric power.

Best Times:
  • Half-marathon 2:12.
  • 10k run 59:00
  • 10 mile bike time trial 27:47.
  • 400m swim 9:13
Best Lifts:
  • Squat 140kg (308lb)
  • Deadlift 170kg (374lb).
Triathlons:
  • May 2006: Wellington Novice (200m swim / 13k bike / 3k run). Popped my cherry and did it on a fixed-wheel bike to boot. Swim: 6:26; Bike: 34:52; Run 14:47. Total: 56:05.
  • June 2006: Burnham Tri - 1:32:56 - 15:00 swim; 42:30 bike; 35:26 run.
  • June 2006: Bude - My first OW event. Swim: 00:26:30, Bike: [/i] 00:38:47, Run: 00:31:21; Total: 01:36:38
  • September 2006: Cotswold - 40th in age group G (35-40) out of 53. Swim 09:12, Bike 38:32; Run 23:19; Overall 01:11:04

Training Diary

Use this link to directly, permanently reference this blog entry December 30, 2002 -
A bit better for the festive week, 22.9. You'll note a big lack of gym entries at the moment - that's to change soon. Current bodyweight and percentage fat are 104.6Kg, 32%, so I'm going into fat-burning mode. What's fat-burning mode? Well, after last year's experience, I'd say that fat-burning mode is BIKE, BIKE, BIKE!

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Let's just gloss over a weekly ride total of 9.2 miles, shall we?

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Weekly mileage for this week, a stonking 133.8. That's what happens when the van breaks down! Mind you, it was *very* hard, my left knee is inflamed and strapped, and when I did two days in a row, the end of day two was a total greyface bonk horror-show. Still, I now know it's possible to tow the trailer a full eighteen miles, and that I can do the sort of mileage I was doing back in Starcross. Good feeling.

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Weekly mileage for last week: 103.1. Yay! My first century week in ages.

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Lunchtime squats, short and sweet (and after a really good ride in on my new wheel!).

  • Squat 55Kg x 10, 75x10, 85x8. Consolidate this.
  • Calf raise 215Kg x 16, 265x16, 315x16 (12,4). Up to 17 reps next time.
  • Incline crunches (incline point #3) x15, x6, cramped up nastily. Keep at 'em.


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