Braak!
Lock up your hindbrain, it's Andy's Bucket-o-Memes

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 November 19, 2007 -
Short morning swim, not so great - sore legs and arse from yesterday evening's run.

Use this link to directly, permanently reference this blog entry November 18, 2007 -

Really nice evening run uplifted by the speedchumpery of Dragonforce: 35:40, TE 4.5, AHr 166, MHR 187 (new max!), 614 kcal, mostly over zone 3 (!), 5.5km at average 6:27/km.

Use this link to directly, permanently reference this blog entry November 17, 2007 -

Turbo pyramid session: Warm up for 10 minutes, then +5 BPM for 5 minutes up to a peak 160/165 mini-interval set, then down again for a total 43:00. TE 4.0, AHR 152, MRH 166, 672 kcal, all z3. Might have to tweak those zones.

Use this link to directly, permanently reference this blog entry November 14, 2007 -

9 miles easy pootle to Chuffy & Bags's: TE 2.5, AHR 122, MHR 161, 510 kcal.

Use this link to directly, permanently reference this blog entry -

Morning commute on the fixie, 10 miles, TE 3.2, AHR 137, MHR 171, 638 kcal.

Use this link to directly, permanently reference this blog entry November 13, 2007 -

3.1km dawn run in 19:30, TE 2.9, AHR 144, MHR 171, 244 cal, mostly zone 3, 6:20/km.

Use this link to directly, permanently reference this blog entry November 11, 2007 -

Surfing!

Use this link to directly, permanently reference this blog entry November 10, 2007 -

Surfing! Really hard work in rippy short-period stuff.

Use this link to directly, permanently reference this blog entry November 07, 2007 -

Evening bike commute on the road bike: 10 miles, TE 2.9, AHR 130, MHR 161, 530 cal, zone 2 then even 1 and 3.

Use this link to directly, permanently reference this blog entry -

Bike commute on the road bike: 10 miles, TE 2.6, AHR 128, MHR 161, 455 cal, zones 1 and 2.

Use this link to directly, permanently reference this blog entry November 06, 2007 -

Evening archery practice, 2h.

Use this link to directly, permanently reference this blog entry November 02, 2007 -

Evening bike commute: 10 miles on fixie. Really lovely hard, fast, wooshy ride. TE 3.5. AHR 143, MHR 163, mostly zones 2/3.

Use this link to directly, permanently reference this blog entry -

Morning bike commute: 10 miles on fixie, TE 3, AHR 132, MHR 160, mostly zone 2.

Use this link to directly, permanently reference this blog entry November 01, 2007 -

3km run in 19:07, TE 3.0, AHR 154, MHR 166, all zone 3. 6:08/km.

Use this link to directly, permanently reference this blog entry -

Morning swim: First structured swim for ages. 100m warm-up; 200m in 50m body-position drills with 30s rests; 400m in 9:50; 100m mixed gunelling around warmdown.


Got to the end and not found the entry you're looking for? Check the archive for older stuff. This blog started on May 1st 2002, so don't expect to find anything before then. Powered by Blogger

BackHomeMail andyg@ravenfamily.org