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Ironman Wisconsin Race Review

Posted on September 9, 2008 by lord_lordy

Chuffed to bits with my race. Read all about it here. Not much time for this entry so may write more about my race later but some quick thoughts now. I was so nervous when I woke race morning I … Continue reading →

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Ironman Wisconsin, Madison 2008

Posted on September 7, 2008 by lord_lordy

Time: 9:43:39 Swim: 52:25 (2nd AGer) T1: 5:33 Bike: 5:18:20 T2: 1:36 (fastest!) Run: 3:25:47 28th overall, 3rd M35-39 Race Analysis here. Felt more nervous the morning of this race than any I can remember. I urged the alarm not … Continue reading →

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Ironman Wisconsin Pre Race

Posted on September 6, 2008 by lord_lordy

Day before the race and the usual nerves are hitting. Jo has given a great blog entry describing some of our time here and how it makes us feel. Have a read here. We’ve just racked our bikes and dropped … Continue reading →

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Wet Wisconsin

Posted on September 4, 2008 by lord_lordy

There has been a serious amount of rain here today. So much rain we knocked the planned ride on the head. We managed to swim the full course (2 laps) this morning. Pissing with rain and windy … didn’t notice … Continue reading →

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Madison

Posted on September 3, 2008 by lord_lordy

Arrived safely in Madison. We’ve put out bikes together and everything appears ok will head for a ride shortly. Been looking forward to being able to blog from here and then discover that I’ve been an idiot and not brought … Continue reading →

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Tapering Strikes

Posted on August 31, 2008 by lord_lordy

Trouble with blog – some issues with comments on my blog at the moment which is a little frustrating. I am seeing them but can’t seem to reply directly to them. So first thing here is to answer the comment … Continue reading →

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Load And Strain

Posted on August 28, 2008 by lord_lordy

This graph is something I’m planning to try out in my training diary next year. It’s the idea of measuring ‘Strain” a concept developed my Carl Foster. You have to measure your Rate Of Perceived Effort (RPE) for each session, … Continue reading →

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Getting There

Posted on August 25, 2008 by lord_lordy

Within 2 weeks of IM Wisconsin. Funny, if this was New Zealand or Hawaii I’d probably be at the race venue now and the event would feel so close. From here it still feels like ages. Jo has ‘officially’ started … Continue reading →

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Niggles

Posted on August 22, 2008 by lord_lordy

I’m hoping with the way my swimming is going that come October 11th I’ll be on the front line of the above ! Been going well all week with swimming. Focussed on quality sessions by only doing the 3 coached … Continue reading →

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Backing It Up

Posted on August 17, 2008 by lord_lordy

Any regular readers out there I apologise for flooding this blog but it’s rather like therapy for me to write about how my training is going. Reminds me of the days when I used to keep a diary. Last night … Continue reading →

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