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Monday 14th PM. Erg 12km, inc. C2 challenge 500m/1:37.4, r37 __ HR139(163) Tuesday 15th AM. Swim 3500m, steady PM. Run 11km/53, steady __ HR136 Wednesday 16th Cycle 424km. Faffers 400 Audax Perm/17h46 (inc. 1:02 stopped) ___ HR124(151) Up at 5am to drive over to Didcot for the start of this perm. I

Monday 7th Rest day. It was a bank holiday but I got up early and drove over to the Witney bypass to take some photographs of the riders in the morning’s VTTA 10-mile TT (clicky). Spent the rest of the day faffing about, washed my bike, read the papers, etc. Tuesday 8th PM. Run 10km/50, [...]

Monday 30th PM. Cycle 205km, steady __ HR135 Another DIY-audax-by-GPS. Route: Lechlade-Ramsbury-Whitchurch-Streatley-Lewknor Total: 7h30 (7min stopped). A new route to me, I picked this rather hurriedly yesterday morning when I saw there was a window in the weather on Monday. Nice tailwind start, an

Monday 30th PM. Cycle 205km, steady __ HR135 Another DIY-audax-by-GPS. Route: Lechlade-Ramsbury-Whitchurch-Streatley-Lewknor Total: 7h30 (7min stopped). A new route to me, I picked this rather hurriedly yesterday morning when I saw there was a window in the weather on Monday. Nice tailwind start, an

Monday 23rd PM. Weights 1h. 4×12 lat pulldown + overhead press + flyes + chest press + curls + abs in between each station Tuesday 24th AM. Cycle 118km, steady __ HR128 Took the morning off work for a steady trundle over to Winslow and back. Cold and damp out when I left the house, not [...]

Monday 9th AM. Run 11km/54, steady __ HR139 Woke up still feeling tired but dragged myself out for a run in the  hope that it might revive me. Didn’t really, spent the rest of the day moping about the house, sorting out the results sheets and so on from the time trial. Tuesday 10th Rest [...]

Monday 2nd AM. Erg 8½km, brisk: 1½km w/u C2 Challenge Series 16:19/4283m (1:54.3) r23 1km paddle C2CTC 1min/301m (1:39) r35 1½km w/d PM. Turbo 37km inc. 3 x 12min @ 300W (8min 220W rec.), brisk __ HR136(155) Tuesday 3rd AM. Run 9km/44 steady easy __ HR137 PM. Turbo 38km inc. 2 x 12 x 1min [...]

Monday 26th PM. Run 10½km/54, easy __ HR137 Two easy laps of the Shotover XC circuit. Right shin a little stiff and sore. Tuesday 27th Cycle 346km, inc. Cheddar Gorge 300km permanent audax/12:18 (inc. 46min stopped) __ HR126. Total ascent 2910m Cold was the theme for the early part of this ride, des

Monday 19th PM. Erg 16km inc. 1h/15341m (1:57.3) r22, brisk__ HR14?(16?) Used RowPro to race my online hour’s row from 17 Feb. That was negatively splitted and this one wasn’t, but I got 60m ahead of the previous row very quickly and then still slowly dragged further away as the other row sped up. A