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Half Iron Shakey
Sometimes we have people that come into our life for a reason. Sometimes they are special, really, really special. Three weeks after completing our Half Ironman Shakey has eventually managed to type a race report using both of her thumbs and her nose to operate the space bar. It is understandable that she took so long [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )The Big Weekend
Get yourself a coffee, find a comfy seat and put your feet up because this is a big one. A month before Ironman you need to do the Big Weekend – a half distance training event. About a year ago, after I did my first Half Ironman, Shakey decided that she wanted a piece of [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Mental strength……..and just being mental
Tonight on my way home from an open water swim at Threipmuir I saw an eightysomething arthritic, fella standing hunched over his walking stick and thought to myself “I wish I felt as fit and healthy as that lucky beggar”. I am at the stage in Ironman training where everything hurts all the time. I wake hurting, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )TMI
Apparently amongst the young folks and spacebookers TMI stands for too much information and that is exactly what you are in for. I can guarantee that this post will include far too much information and a fine dose of self-pity. Last week has left me feeling like the bloke that had a blind date with a [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )It’s been far too long.
I am pretty sure when I made my last post that I said I would be updating the blog more regularly. Sheer naivety on my part! It turns out that combining being a dad, training like a demented monkey and my budding career as a serious sports writer stretches even my multi-skilling to the max. I literally [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )I’m back……
After a short sabbatical to enjoy Rory’s first few weeks I have eventually decided to come back to the blog. After all the pitying looks that I got when I proposed my theory that a baby’s arrival wouldn’t really impact my training plan I can finally admit they were right and I was wrong. It [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Fresh Air
This blog is nearly a week overdue which is a reflection of how busy I have been and how tough it has been to fit training in. I even had to dump a lunchtime run with Shakey which left her with too much energy to pump her gums about not being a team player. As [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )The End of this Chapter
I have now thoroughly enjoyed a prolonged sabattical reacquainting myself with burgers and beer and thought I had better close this chapter and tie up some loose ends. As mentioned in the last update we had to turn to Plan B to finish off the challenge. The original plan, which had been a year in [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )The "Not So" Great Weegie Dook
OK, so you get the message like I did on Tuesday night. The final step, and the only guaranteed bling, of the challenge has been postponed. Now given that Strathclyde Park is effectively a large Weegie puddle I had foolishly made the assumption that blue-green algae would be an enhancement rather than a hazard. Who would have [...]
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