Project 2015 Blog
This blog follows my attempt to train for a long distance triathlon in 2015
Reality Check
The last few days have actually gone ok. I’ve been feeling under the weather and struggling with a cough, but I’ve still managed to get a few training sessions under the belt. The best news is that the swimming is starting to improve ever so slightly. At the beginning of December I was lucky to […]
One month down …
So the first month of Project 2015 has drawn to a close, so I figured it was time to take a very quick look back to see any signs of progress. Overall, it was a good month in terms of the goal. From a cycling perspective, I covered 549.3km in January. Looking at Veloviewer, this […]
Zwift Beta
The Ant+ USB2 stick had arrived, so I couldn’t resist trying out the Zwift beta app on the turbo trainer. I only rode for 5 mins, and was wearing jeans and t-shirt at the time. It definitely made just a few minutes on the turbo more bearable. I now need to work out when to […]
Club ride to Malmesbury
After a week of being off the bike (as the photoshoot on Friday didn’t count), it was great to get out this morning for the regular club ride. I was a bit worried on the Saturday that there would be too much ice on the ground, but in the end it was a glorious morning […]
Calf still holding me back
It’s now January 17th and I figured my calf strain should have recovered sufficiently for a gentle jog this afternoon. Unfortunately, it turns out my right calf had other ideas. I managed just over 4.5km before the twinges in my calf got too worrying and I decided to walk back. Its definitely not disastrous as […]
Dragon Ride Photo Shoot, Stages Power Meter and Zwift
It may not have a been good week so far training wise, but there’s been a few things happened around the bike in the past 24 hours. Firstly, on Friday I was lucky enough to go around some of the main climbs of the Wiggle Dragon Ride with a professional photographer for a major cycling […]
A swim at last
After a couple of exhausting days with the little fella not wanting sleep during the day or at night (though a nasty cough didn’t help), I managed to sneak in a swim after work. I always go with these grand ambitions of knocking out set after set and doing drill after drill. My biggest problem […]
Rocky Mountain Club Ride
Another Sunday, another club ride. It was a strange one this morning, as the biggest group yet set off from Trowbridge, and picked up two new guys along the way. We headed off towards Wells, which is one of the bumpiest routes we do. With a puncture and some people finding the hills a bit […]
How’s the swimming going?
Not I think is the answer! The plan was to go for a swim last Weds evening. Unfortunately, with a lot of sickness going around and feeling under the weather, I decided to give it a miss. Instead, I was going to make up for it this evening, with length after length and then drill […]