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ITU Long Course Race Analysis

Posted on July 16, 2007 by lord_lordy

Just back from Lorient France where yesterday I raced in the ITU World Long Course Championships (click here for race report). I did far better than I expected going into the race coming 7th in my age group and 2nd … Continue reading →

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ITU Long Course, Lorient 2007

Posted on July 15, 2007 by lord_lordy

4:09:53 7th in Age Group (35-39) 0:44:30 – 3 km swim 0:03:00 – T1 1:59:39 – 80 km bike 0:02:05 – T2 1:20:38 – 20 km run Race Analysis here Having still not mustered enough motivation to get  a decent … Continue reading →

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Surreal Morning

Posted on July 12, 2007 by lord_lordy

My motivation has been massively up and down recently and I’ve certainly not felt in control of what I’m doing in my preparations. This has left me in pretty poor condition for the World Long Course Championships this weekend. Luckily … Continue reading →

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Training Tweaks

Posted on July 4, 2007 by lord_lordy

Following Ironman Switzerland I’ve had a decent rest – in 10 days only done a few days of light training. Now getting back in to it and focussing on Kona. Need a big block of training and a big reduction … Continue reading →

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Planning 2008

Posted on July 3, 2007 by lord_lordy

When you race Ironman you end up having to plan so far ahead since the races fill up so quickly. This meant I spent from 2pm till 3pm yesterday afternoon online periodically hitting refresh on my browser till I finally … Continue reading →

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Ironman Switzerland Race Review

Posted on June 28, 2007 by lord_lordy

Training has started again for me post Ironman Switzerland. This morning we did 18 miles on the fixed round Regents Park – really just an excuse to go for breakfast. Gabriel joined us and asked about Ironman Switzerland as well … Continue reading →

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Ironman Swizterland, Zurich 2007

Posted on June 23, 2007 by lord_lordy

9:24:44 – 42nd overall, 11th in Age group 54:07 / 1:18 / 5:03:43 / 1:17 / 3:24:19 (sw / t1 / bike / t2 / run) Long Report Going into this race I felt confident about my swimming and biking … Continue reading →

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Ironman Switzerland Race Preview

Posted on June 18, 2007 by lord_lordy

I’m finally feeling better. Heart rate has come right down, had a couple of massages and even done the odd run. Total run mileage since IM Lanzarote – 52m. Weekly average run mileage for the year 55.5m. That should give … Continue reading →

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Hinsight

Posted on June 12, 2007 by lord_lordy

It’s a great thing hindsight. Each day in my training diary I track my weight, body fat %, amount of sleep and resting HR. The idea of this is to give me an indication if I’m overtraining or under the … Continue reading →

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Goals

Posted on June 7, 2007 by lord_lordy

    This time between Ironman Lanzarote and Ironman Switzerland is far from going to plan. The hope had been weeks rest, 2 weeks build, 2 week taper. Into the third week of that and it’s all been a little … Continue reading →

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