by Neil | Jan 8, 2013 | Blog, What you need to know
I always used to tell Philippa is that one of the reasons I loved running was because you hardly needed any kit. An old pair of trainers, some old tshirts and shorts and you were done. You could go on a few runs, see if you like it and then go mental and buy a pair of...
by Neil | Jan 6, 2013 | Blog
Week 4 is officially over! Done! I have survived the Christmas and new year period. High 5! This week was a little shorter than last week, as every 4th week is from now on. I’m still feeling pretty good – it probably isn’t pushing it to say this...
by Neil | Jan 6, 2013 | Training Details
The text to go alongside this is here. This is what I’ve done in week 4: [table]Date,Bike,Run,Swim,Total 1-Jan-2013,,0:30:00,,0:30:00 2-Jan-2013,0:45:00,0:15:00,1:00:00,2:00:00 3-Jan-2013,0:30:00,,,0:30:00 4-Jan-2013,,0:45:00,0:45:00,1:30:00...
by Neil | Dec 30, 2012 | Blog, What you need to know
The ‘why’ question (closely related to the ‘are you mad?’ question) occurs almost always in the following conversation: Friend: “So how far is it?” Me: “It’s a 2.4 mile swim” Friend: nodding (because 2.4 mile...
by Neil | Dec 30, 2012 | Blog
Goodbye week 3! Another week down and as my training is 30 weeks long i’m going to employ some complex maths and say I’ve done 10% of the weeks. The plan i’m following has three weeks of slightly increasing durations for runs and cycling then drops...