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Annual Holidays are coming up ... 2008-08-13 13:10:58 Just a few days to go andwe are heading to the Diving paradise of Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. Whilst I'mvery excited about our 14-day yearly trip I'm for the first time concernedhow to go about scheduling my triathlon training in a holiday resort and withtemperatures which could go as high as 40 degrees and beyond! I'm unable to take mybike with me, unless I can squeeze it between the shoes of my wi Read more:Annual
, Holidays
Bike Ride- New Forest National Park 2008-08-10 17:21:16 After a week of spending quality time with the family I decided to have a long bike ride today. My aim was 3 hours on the bike. I read in Cycling Weekly a ride in Hampshire and was convinced that I should be able to complete this ride. Living about 60 miles from the New ForestNational
Park and not knowing the area at all was a true challenge. In preparation I used the MapMyRide.com website wh Read more:New Forest
, National Park
Triathlon - Beginners gear and equipment 2008-07-30 14:10:32 Last year when I decided to take up Triathlon I had a massive problem whereby I not only had to concentrate on the training strategy, fitting the training in around my current lifestyle but I needed the right equipment and Triathlon gear. I started spending lots of time on websites that supposed to deliver only the best gear which would make me a champion without doing any training. I can guarante
Road Rage against cyclist - Why? Please stop it now! 2008-07-24 17:26:32 I got very upset when I was reading this blog entry, IronMan Life had witnessed a road rage accident and called 911, the man was arrested later and charged with criminal assault. I just cannot imagine myself even dear to think about doing such a thing. What is a second or two if you have to move out of the way for a cyclist. It is really not worth it! When I was living in Belgium and also in The Read more:against
, Please
, Road Rage
Finding the right balance between Work / Family and Triathlon 2008-07-24 17:08:50 I find it sometimes very hard to find the right balance between the three major parts of my life at the moment: Work, family and Triathlon. Luckily, my second half is just fantastic and accepts the things I would like to achieve and I get 100% unconditional support. She is the prime reason which made me complete my third triathlon last weekend. At the same time I feel guilty as she works, looks Read more:Family
Bananaman Triathlon - Dorney Lake 2008 - Full Race Report 2008-07-21 20:21:44 One day after the event and I'm still feeling tired from yesterday's Bananaman triathlon Race, but I'm feeling proud after completing my third triathlon of this year. The Bananaman Triathlon race was held on the Dorney lake part of the Eton College Rowing club. The venue is fantastic, a great scenery and the race track is very nice as well. No need to worry about cars or pedestrians during the r
Bananaman Triathlon - I've suffered ... below par! 2008-07-20 15:49:49 At this moment I'm a little bit too tired for writing up the whole race report, I will publish something in the coming 24 hours. For some reason I was about 13 minutes slower than my own expectations, I'm trying to figure out what went wrong or maybe my expectations where too ambitious! Who knows? I had a great support today with a few people coming to watch me which made my day so enjoyable, ne
Bananaman Triathlon - Last minute tips! 2008-07-20 04:31:55 This afternoon I will participate in the Bananaman Triathlon and I' looking forward to this one. The weather looks to be great, not too hot but not too cold either. Whilst packing my bag this morning I was mentally visualizing the T1 transition. Here are some short last minute tips which could prove to be useful. Visualize T1 transition and T2 transition.Start the bike leg with a lower gear with
I'm in love with my Garmin Forerunner 301 2008-07-16 08:40:47 I just cannot live without it, me and my GarminForerunner
301 has been spending most of all my training hours together. We cannot be separated during training. We have gone through a lot together, we have suffered together, on the bike and whilst running. We have climbed hills, we have gone faster than the allowed speed on the roads, we have been there for each other through thick and thin, in Read more:Garmin Forerunner
Swim/bike training and reducing my carbon footprint! 2008-07-15 13:44:38 Yesterday I went for a swim training during the evening and normally I tend to jump into my car with my swim bag. But yesterday I jumped on my bike went for a 20K bike and then head for the swimming pool. After my session at the pool I returned immediately home on my bike.I can see two advantages with this: 1) I had two workouts in one hit 2) I reduced my carbon footprint but the disadvantage was
Bananaman Humanrace Triathlon 2008 - Race expectations 2008-07-14 13:07:52 This Sunday, 20th of July 2008, I will be participating in the Bananaman sprint Triathlon in Dorney Lake at Eton College rowing facility. The race is organized by HumanRace so that should all go smoothly if I may compare with the Windsor Triathlon.This venue carries a special place in my heart because it was here where I saw for the first time a triathlon race live in action and I have been visua
Triathlon for Bowel Cancer - From London to Paris or Arch to Arc 2008-07-10 14:04:07 I wanted to write this blog to raise awareness about a forthcoming charity triathlon event . Six persons will raise money for Bowel Cancer
by running from Marble Arch in London to Dover through the garden of England for 87 miles, swimming the channel between the UK and France for 20 miles and if this is not enough they will sit on their saddles for another 200 miles to finish in the Arc de Triomp Read more:Paris
Snail runner - Concentrate on your weakest points! 2008-07-09 13:33:13 At this moment my weakest point is running which is holding me back of trying to accomplish my 2008 objective. My aim was to complete an Olympic Triathlon, but I fear that I'm not yet able to run 10K after a bike ride of 40K, due to my ongoing injury. The swim part must be my second weakest point and biking must be my strength. in Triathlon the swim is the shortest of the 3 exercises and I'm seek
Big Cow Emberton County Park Sprint Triathlon - Full Race Report 2008-07-07 18:05:33 This was my second triathlon, this was a sprint triathlon over a distance of 750m swim, 20K bike and 5k run. The official distance of the run is 5.3 K. Emberton County
Park is a lovely park, which is very nicely maintained and is set in a beautiful area with nice race conditions. The run was inside the park and the swim was in the lake. The bike track is outside the park, which takes you through Read more:Sprint
Big Cow - Emberton County Park Sprint Triathlon - Race Report 2008-07-07 15:49:14 We just returned from the Big Cow Sprint
triathlon in Olney and I'm pleased with the results. At this moment I'm feeling a little bit too tired to write up a whole race report but I will in the next 24 hours. In summary I ended up 3 minutes worse then expected in 1:28, the official times are not published yet and I'm fearing that my bike and run results are not recorded. I was out of course on Read more:County
, Race Report
Lewis Hamilton vs Jenson Button in Bath Triathlon? 2008-07-04 04:52:24 Would it not have been great to see Jenson Button and LewisHamilton
fighting it out in a triathlon race? Earlier this week Lewis agreed to participate in a triathlon in order to prove that he is in a better condition than Jenson, actually he said he is the fittest man in the Formula One world. Jenson would even have offered to pay £10k to charity if Lewis was able to beat him. Bear in mind t Read more:Lewis Hamilton
Triathlon Open Water Swim practice in South East London 2008-07-03 18:35:42 Once you become serious about triathlon you will need to practice your swim skills and drills in open water, the list of triathlon events with a pool swim is very short and you will not be able to find an Olympic distance with a pool start. At least I haven't seen one. I decided to start swimming in the open water earlier this year, I started with my first open water swim on the 26th of April wit Read more:South
, South East
YogaMazing - Yoga for triathletes 2008-07-02 03:49:34 Last year after I was diagnosed with my stress fracture on my left tibia I had to hop around with a removable cast. At the same time I followed physiotherapy due to the tightness on my left leg. I had stretch on a staircase my calfs at least 5 times a day for several minutes.This made me realize that being flexible is crucial to any type of endurance training and will prevent future injuries so
Xtreme Terrain Festival 2008 - Sprint Duathlon - Race Report 2008-09-29 12:04:16 It is all over again ... On Saturday I participated in my first Duathlon with a Mountain Bike (my old yellow banger). I opted in to take part in the Sprint
Duathlon which is a 5K run, 12K MTB and another 2K run. The event is held near the Gibraltar barracks in Hawley lake in Camberley. The course track is hilly, muddy, wet and with overgrowing branches. This made the course track Xtreme
and for me Read more:Terrain
, Festival
, Race Report
Cycling Champ Lance Armstrong back on the bike in 2009! 2008-09-24 17:49:21 After much speculation Lance
is going to ride for Astana in 2009. The seven times Tour de France winner wants to highlight his fight against cancer by stepping back on his bike. I can only take my hat off for him and wish him all the best with raising further awareness for cancer and at the same time I hope he can make the Tour de France a bit more exciting in comparison with the last few years. Read more:Cycling
, Armstrong
I'm racing this weekend ... Xtreme Terrain Duathlon 2008 2008-09-23 18:11:13 For weeks I had planned to participate in the XtremeTerrain
Festival 2008 but had not registered until tonight. The reason I was holding off was because my leg was still playing up from time to time but this seems to be healing now and I have become very confident that the end is in sight now. After a 50K bike ride on Saturday and a 15K run on Sunday without feeling any pain during or after I
Positive Psychology - Push it! 2008-09-14 16:55:32 Last Wednesday when I was doing a brick training which was a bike ride of 26K followed by my traditional 3.8Km benchmark run. When I came off the bike I was determined to make the run a good hard run and to run as fast as I could in order to break the 19.5 minute barrier. After about 10 minutes my mind started playing up - Why are you doing this? Should you not walk that's so much easier? What's t Read more:Positive
Ford Ironman World Championship Kona 2008 - The countdown has started! 2008-10-11 07:59:58 Only a few hours left now and just over 1800 athletes will start the grueling race. For one or the other reason I'm very nervous and excited about this race. I don't know why as I don't know of anyone personally who is competing but maybe just because I started to understand a little bit how big this is and how though a triathlon is and maybe because somewhere in my own mind I might consider such Read more:Ironman
, World
, World Championship
Flora London Marathon 2009 - I didn't get in! 2008-10-06 13:10:58 I entered the ballot in April of this year in the hope to get a spot in this event. Last week I received a present from the organisators from the London Marathon
. I received a nice magazine together with a fleecy top. But everywhere on top of the magazine, on the front page, almost within every advert it was made very clear that I DID NOT get a a place in the London Marathon - like they had to rub
Ironman World Championship Hawaii 2008 - An overview! 2008-10-01 16:09:28 With just more than one week until the Ford IronmanWorld
Championship 2008 in Hawaii
the pressure is on for many age group athletes and professional athletes. I don't think the event will be broadcasted on television in the UK so I will have to connect my laptop to the television and follow the championship through IronmanLive.com. One of the most heroic achievements, beside the moment my wife
Triathlon Winter training - What, when and how much? 2008-10-22 15:40:28 I am puzzled when it comes down to choosing the right training style and plan. You might remember I don't have a great background in sports at all, I have a smokers background who used to hang out in the worse possible places for your health, up to 3.5 years when I decided to make a change for the better. As I consequence of my poor background I don't know how much training a body can undertake
Chrissie Wellington - How amazing! Never, ever give up. 2008-10-22 13:21:57 I'm not planning on providing many additional words as the blog from Chrissie Wellington
is beautifully written by an extraordinary sportswoman who managed to win all her races this year including the Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii. As she mentions herself: Never, ever give up! Many congratulations and sure I enjoyed watching the event live.
Autumn runs are so relaxing and enjoyable! 2008-10-18 15:37:36 Today I went out for a run in the morning when the sun was nicely shining with a beautiful blue sky after a morning with temperatures rising from 4/5 degrees. After a few hours of sun the temperature had risen nicely to about 14 degrees which is just right for a run. During the run I noticed the beauty from mother nature and was looking at the brown colored leaves falling off the trees. Normally Read more:Autumn
, relaxing
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