Category Archives: Training

Pre Lanza

Posted on March 2, 2007 by lord_lordy

Tomorrow I set off for Lanzarote for a training week with Jo and John. The aim for me is largely to get a big week of consistent bike mileage in. On my own that would mean 100 miles everyday but … Continue reading →

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27k Week

Posted on February 27, 2007 by lord_lordy

Ronan – your comment has confirmed that my previous entry came across totally not as I intended. Must admit I’ve had this problem with emails and the like before so I should be more careful. I didn’t have any begrudgers. … Continue reading →

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Boring

Posted on February 25, 2007 by lord_lordy

Went to a party last night and was told that this blog was “Boring, well boring in an interesting way”. It was said good humouredly by someone that was reading it. It was boring cause it talked only about training … Continue reading →

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500 Mile Week

Posted on February 22, 2007 by lord_lordy

Another little milestone met. After whizzing round Regents park for 3.5 hours this morning with Jo, Gabriel and Paul I clocked up 56 miles and made my wtd bike mileage 506 miles – first time over 500 miles for a … Continue reading →

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Tight Calf

Posted on February 21, 2007 by lord_lordy

The painful knee has more or less gone and is now replaced with a tight right calf. I feel I can train through it and over the past few days has eased off without having to lay off the training … Continue reading →

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Painfull Knee

Posted on February 15, 2007 by lord_lordy

Swimming went well last night. Really nice rapport in the lane and a very interesting main set that helped the session whizz by. Swimming still no where near where I was a couple of years ago when I’d be repping … Continue reading →

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Proper Monday

Posted on February 12, 2007 by lord_lordy

Hurrah ! I’ve managed  a proper Mondays training. First one this year. Very chuffed with myself. Had a great nights sleep, a full 10 hours. Got up and ran to swimming. Despite having not swum for 10 days I felt … Continue reading →

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Swim Free Week

Posted on February 9, 2007 by lord_lordy

It’s been a busy week hence no entry for a while. The week has gone really well on the whole though for various reasons no swimming has happened at all and yet again Monday ended up a rest day. At … Continue reading →

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LT Power

Posted on February 1, 2007 by lord_lordy

It’s been a good period of training since the last entry. On Tuesday evening Jo and I did a LT Monitor session on the turbo. This was a 15 minute warm up followed by 1 hour at LT Power – … Continue reading →

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Sleep

Posted on January 30, 2007 by lord_lordy

It’s important stuff ! Still struggling to get the balance right in my training this year. Things went pearshaped more or less as soon as I posted my last entry. I got really sleepy and had a doze. To be … Continue reading →

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