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Slacking…

Gwil — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:27:13 +0000

I’ve not done a whole lot of training recently, I managed a 6 mile ride on the 2nd, then didn’t do any more until yesterday when I got out for a 6 mile run.
Today I did another 6 miles running and then jumped straight on the bike for a 6 mile ride. It was interesting to see how much more I struggled with the steep uphill parts when riding, but seem to have found the smoother bits easier than usual. I was fairly satisfied with how I got on, but I think I’m going to have to do a lot more practice of the running and riding together in the next few weeks.

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100 miles!

Gwil — Fri, 30 May 2008 19:51:16 +0000

I got out for a 6 mile run yesterday, which marked reaching the 100th mile target I’d set myself, yay! I’m now at 105.4 miles for May, hopefully I’ll get out on the bike tomorrow, then from June I’m going to start the run+ride in one session. No related posts. Related posts brought to you [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Quick Update

Gwil — Wed, 28 May 2008 00:08:53 +0000

Just a very quick post to say how I’ve been getting on. I’ve missed a couple days of training over the past week or so, but I’m going to try and catch them up when I have time.
Anyway, I managed a 6 mile run on the 19th, and 11.4 mile ride on the 21st, a 12.1 mile ride on the 25th (a great ride, twice round Frensham Little Pond, and about the right length), and a 6 mile ride today (the 27th, I didn’t have time for any more). Hopefully I’ll get out for one more run and a ride, then I’m going to start putting the two together in one session and see how I get on.

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Quick ride, and getting lost.

Gwil — Fri, 16 May 2008 09:22:34 +0000

Just a quick update, I didn’t manage to get out on Tuesday, so I rode on Wednesday and Thursday this week, I decided as I didn’t have much time on Wednesday to go for the short 6 mile route but go as quick as I could, no resting, no slowing down or coasting if possible! I managed the route in 36 mins which wasn’t too bad, but I think there’s room for improvement there. I very nearly came off going down a hill too, but was saved by a sturdy laurel hedge which bounced me back straight again!

On Thursday I decided to try and find my ideal 12 mile route by heading out towards Frensham Little Pond. The weather was much cooler and slightly drizzly, so I tested out my new soft shell jacket, which worked exactly as it should. It looks like there’s some great routes around there, but mine went slightly wrong…
The plan was to find the pond, then just follow the path around it to see how far that was, then adjust the route to get it to the magic 12 miles. However, in a way that only people who possess my unique sense of direction could; I managed to get lost. While following the circumference of a pond. A fairly small pond at that. It was getting towards lunchtime and I had no food with me, so I decided to just head for some main road noise I heard. I didn’t realise quite how far I’d travelled, so after a 5 mile ride along a main road I arrived in Tilford, where I bought a snack from the tiny village shop, and made my way home along the normal route.
Anyway, it was a good ride, 14.4 miles in total, although a chunk of that was on the road. Next time I’ll try and stick to off road.

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Lazy Sunday

Gwil — Sun, 11 May 2008 21:19:39 +0000

I managed to drag myself out for a short ride this evening despite feeling really lazy. I found a new track which I might be able to stretch out into a 12 mile circuit. I was losing the light today so decided to turn around and only managed 7.7 miles in total. I did see a bunch of rabbits and a deer on the way round though. Not much going on with the filming, just a bunch of security guards and lighting trucks parked up.

I’ve decided one of my goals for May is to do at least 100 miles of total running and cycling by the end of the month. As I have potentially 10 more odd-numbered days left in the month and less than 60 miles to go I think it’s an easily doable target. Maybe next month I’ll up it a bit, or maybe I’ll work on getting my times down.

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Summer’s Here!

Gwil — Fri, 09 May 2008 19:14:31 +0000

I made a bit of a mistake underestimating how hot it was today. I set off for a run on my normal 6 mile route at noon, and by half way round I was struggling in the heat, I think it was up to about 25°C. I was quite pleased I managed to keep going though.

It looks like they’re putting up some sets for The Descent 2, it’d be good to see some actual filming going on for once, I always seem to miss it.
They’ve also introduced a bunch of big black cows into the woods to graze, which was a bit of a wierd sight, I assumed the heat was playing tricks on what I was seeing at first, but I’m pretty sure they were real!

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A ride in the sunshine

Gwil — Wed, 07 May 2008 22:17:32 +0000

So I aimed to do a 10+ mile ride today by doing two laps of the woodland section of my ride, but in the end it only came to 9.5 miles in total. I can either try for 3 laps (which might start to get a bit boring) or do an extra 2 mile loop a couple times which I think I’ve found today. It was a gorgeous day though, 24°C in the shade when I set off, nice to be riding in the sun for once.

There’s more filming going on up in the woods, in the last few months there’s been the new Harry Potter, The Wolf Man, and now The Descent 2! As the last Descent movie was set in a cave, and presumably this one is too, and the woods contain approximately no caves, I’m not sure what they’re filming there, but we’ll see.

Anyway, hopefully next time I’ll be up to my 12+ mile target and then I can think about getting the time down.

A few stats from today:

Miles: 9.5
Time: 1 hour 7 minutes
Squirrels scared: 3

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Training Progress 1st – 5th May

Gwil — Tue, 06 May 2008 11:41:54 +0000

A quick first post then to round up what I’ve managed since the beginning of the month.

I did my 2nd 6 mile run of the year on the 1st of May, which wasn’t too bad, having done the previous one about a week before. It’s my normal route, so a big downhill at the start, followed by some more gentle hills through woodland, then a big uphill on the way home.

On Saturday the 3rd I did a short 6 mile ride on the same route, I was feeling lazy and didn’t push to go any further.

Yesterday I lengthened the ride slightly to 8.3 miles but I need to check up on some maps and try to get it to at least 12 miles (preferably slightly more) and as much on rough terrain as possible. I did manage 31.8mph on a bit of downhill which I think is a record for my bike!

Hopefully from now on I’ll be aiming to do only doing 10+ mile rides and possibly extend the running to around 8, I’ll see how it goes!

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