Daily Archives: 08/03/2016

….Well probably not what most people what describe as unfit but I have definitely dropped off. I did the Scottish Sprint Championship at the weekend and had one of my worst feeling runs of the year.  Since getting my qualifying place I have switched off.  This is more of a […]

AAH I’VE GOT UNFIT…

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I’m delighted to be able to say I have automatically qualified after coming 3rd in my age group at Strathclyde this weekend.  It came on the back of a challenging 2 weeks though.  This single post had intended to be 2 posts (one for each race) but due to results […]

4% FOUND

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Well after getting my first DNF I now have 2 though this time from  my own stupidity! After doing a bike crit race I moved my Stages crank from my road bike to my TT bike.  Whilst doing it I also changed the wheels and redid the gear restrictions on […]

DO THE BASICS

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I had my first DNF for an event at Kinross Sportive this weekend.  I have felt bad in events before but have always got to the finish line, even if it has meant ending up in a hospital tent on occasion.  I have always kept the thought of this is […]

DEALING WITH FAILURE

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I was recently having a discussion with one of my club athletes who has come from a non swimming background.  She is determined to do a triathlon this year and has been quietly working away on her swimming outwith club sessions. As it happens she also swims where I train […]

TECHNIQUE V FITNESS

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S&C training is something I promote to all the athletes I coach yet it is the first thing I let slip in my own schedule.  I started last year with good intentions and never did what I wanted.  As I wanted to improve my run off the bike this year […]

STRENGTH & CONDITIONING TRAINING

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I did a detailed race report after the first Bowhill Duathlon (the short one) and said i was worried about the rest.  As it turned out I was right to be.  It seems silly to say they got harder but they did. The medium race was OK.  The bike course […]

FINISHING THE WINTER DUATHLON SERIES

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So it has been a long time since I posted.  Why?  Because of life’s priorities. I am not a pro athlete and in between family, my job, my training and coaching unfortunately writing the blog got dropped for a while.  I am now going to have a bit of a […]

PRIORITIES

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“Getting through Christmas” makes it sound like a chore when really it shouldn’t be. For most of us it is probably a 10 day holiday so even if you did absolutely nothing you aren’t going to lose a huge amount of fitness you may have built up already.  Though if […]

“GETTING THROUGH CHRISTMAS”

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