Weather wise this week has been glorious, and I have been lucky enough to be able to take full advantage of it rather than having to sit in an office watching the sun baking down on the mountains that tower over our offices in Newlands. Normally in June you can’t see the sky because it [...]

Recovery Run. 5km. 30 minutes.  That’s what this mornings training plan suggested I do. But really, does anyone actually believe that a recovery run exists. In fact I no more believe in a recovery run than I do in a ‘fun run’. How can something that hurts so much be doing me any good whatsoever. [...]

I was looking at my training stats last night and they make for some interesting reading. Considering that I am only at the beginning of my program I still completed 40 hours of training in my first Month. This is a lot more work than I am used to do yet because it is properly [...]

Saturday dawned dark and rainy. So rainy in fact that Claire sent an SMS to the group cancelling the morning ride. We were left to our own devices for the day so Marlene and I decided to do a 90 minute spin class in the warmth of the gym and then later in the day, [...]

Today my arms are useless and it’s not my fault. They worked perfectly well yesterday, until last nights swimming session that is, when Claire decided that I need to change my stroke. I always thought I had a nice smooth swim style but the problem was that it wasn’t at all efficient, or fast. So [...]