Author Archives: lord_lordy

Camp Week 2

Posted on January 23, 2012 by lord_lordy

Another solid weeks training out here. The summary stats are very similar to the first week but it’s really been quite different. The first week I had two friends with me so I wanted to fit in with what they … Continue reading →

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Eddington Review

Posted on January 21, 2012 by lord_lordy

I’m a little late with 2011s Eddington Review largely due to my first family christmas in three years and then deciding that bike total ascent is a good thing to have an Eddington Number for. This resulted in all this … Continue reading →

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Camp Week 1 – Return To Fitness

Posted on January 18, 2012 by lord_lordy

It was great to have two excellent companions for the first week of my four weeks in Lanzarote. I find I get more out of my training where there’s not a feeling of outright competition. Don’t get me wrong, competition … Continue reading →

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Year Review

Posted on January 2, 2012 by lord_lordy

Following Kona I decided I need a proper break and after an initial surge of blogging I ground to a hault. The break from training extended to a break from blogging about Triathlon. I have spent over two months doing … Continue reading →

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Race Price Inflation

Posted on January 1, 2012 by lord_lordy

Our triathlon household has recently been enjoying reading some old Triathlete magazines that Jo acquired from a local fire station (which is another story). They’re only twenty years old but how things have changed, not only the groovy sunglasses, funky … Continue reading →

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End Of Season Break

Posted on December 1, 2011 by lord_lordy

During my final few days in Kona I pondered my performance and how much I was looking forward to a proper break. It dawned on me that in the less than 2 year period (10 Oct 2009 to 8 Oct … Continue reading →

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Duty On Petrol

Posted on November 19, 2011 by lord_lordy

With the oil price going up it’s quite common in the mainstream news to get a roving reporter on some garage forecourt asking people filling their tanks what they think of increases in fuel duty. Good balanced reporting and is … Continue reading →

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Infinite Growth Paradigm

Posted on November 18, 2011 by lord_lordy

Yesterday I was pointed in the direction of this post. It’s a fairly optimistic blog about the cost of solar panels. The thing that caught my eye though was the first paragraph about how much energy the sun delivered to … Continue reading →

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Meeting For A Beer

Posted on November 10, 2011 by lord_lordy

I’ve been approaching my end of season break with the same enthusiasm and desire to enjoy it that I had for Kona this year. I’d decided I had to take three weeks completely off but allowed myself longer if I … Continue reading →

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Supply and Demand – More Critical Thinking

Posted on November 7, 2011 by lord_lordy

I did economics at A-Level and always enjoyed it. You could sit and think scenarios through in your head. I found it a nice mix between the rigour of mathematics and an art. It seems to almost be viewed now … Continue reading →

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