Category Archives: Training

Email To A Mate

Posted on May 14, 2008 by lord_lordy

A friend asked some advice on his training for Ironman / Endurance events. Really enjoyed preparing a brain dump for him and thought perhaps it would make an interesting blog entry. So below is an extract from the mail. I … Continue reading →

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A Day In The Life Of A Full Time Amateur

Posted on May 8, 2008 by lord_lordy

Thought it might be interesting to detail a typical (well perhaps not so typical ) day for an age group Triathlete that has all they time they want to train. Today was my first day back training after illness and … Continue reading →

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Changing Attitude

Posted on April 18, 2008 by lord_lordy

Continuing the graph theme. Here’s the latest addition to the training diary. Just plotting week on week mileage / hours together with a 4 weekly rolling average trend line. Currently trying to shed some of the pounds I’ve put on … Continue reading →

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Motivation to Train

Posted on April 4, 2008 by lord_lordy

Here’s the first part of the year hours. Black – total hours White – last year Purple – plan Red – bike Green – run Blue – swim red dots – BRICKS This is a topic that has come up … Continue reading →

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Post Race Rest

Posted on March 28, 2008 by lord_lordy

This photo is of the view that woke me every morning during my first week of rest whilst in Coromandel. Following what I hope I learnt from last year and taken extended rest following New Zealand. It’s 4 weeks since … Continue reading →

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Ironman New Zealand Prep

Posted on February 12, 2008 by lord_lordy

It’s been awhile since the last entry. I’d initially only planned on doing a blog for a year so have spent a bit of time deciding whether to continue. Also, I’ve been so busy training I’ve had little time to … Continue reading →

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Training Going Really Well

Posted on December 20, 2007 by lord_lordy

This run up to Christmas is going far better than expected. The hope had been to be in reasonable enough shape by Christmas so that post Christmas I’ve the base to work hard and get into top shape for Ironman … Continue reading →

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Rest

Posted on December 2, 2007 by lord_lordy

It’s been a long time since I’ve taken a whole weekend out from training during a serious block of training but that’s exactly what I’ve just done. My long run on Friday left my legs pretty achey and it was … Continue reading →

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Long Run

Posted on November 30, 2007 by lord_lordy

It’s been a long time since the last entry … been a little busy but training is going very well. In fact, this afternoon I went out for a long run – about 16 miles in 2hours 14 minutes. My … Continue reading →

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Run Miles

Posted on November 20, 2007 by lord_lordy

The picture above is from my training diary showing week to date run mileage. The green line is last year and the pink this year. It clearly shows the taper down to Lanzarote in late May and how my run … Continue reading →

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