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T-rex of Tri
Joined: 13 Jan 2005
Location: Wellington, NZ
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| Year on year totals |
2003
Swim - 650m
Bike - 1880km
Run - 531km
2004
Swim - 25125m
Bike - 4111km
Run - 1473km
2005
Swim - 139930m
Bike - 6244km
Run - 1510km
2006
Swim - 201462m
Bike - 7665km (A few k on rollers sadly an indoor cyclist now)
Run - 1683km
2007
Swim - 139339m
Bike - 8594km (All outside)
Run - 1494km
2008 - 25/8/08
Swim - 145349m
Bike - 7586km
Run - 1252km
Goals for '08 in distance terms.
None at all, do less mountain biking, stay healthy, have a great winter with lots of swimming and running and smack it hard next year. (Oh yeah, once I've got these pesky 2 Ironmen out the way first). I've seen enough evidence that if I manage to do what my coach tells me then I may be able to make it to the back of the front of the pack instead of the middle of the pack! |
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| Races |
2008 Races
Ironman New Zealand- Taupo, NI
01/03/08
S3.8k B180k R42.2k
Time - S:1:13:08 B:5.20:14 R:4:04:02
Position - 257/1080
Happiness - 9.5/ 10
Great race, very solid result.
Challenge Wanaka Ironman - Wanaka, SI
28/10/08
S3.8k B180k R42.2k
Time - S:1:11 B:5.30 R:5:06
Position - 57/119
Happiness / 10 - 8
Great race, not great result.
2007 Races
K2 Road Race - Thames, Coromandel
28/10/07
B192k - 2300m vertical
Time - 6:54:13
Position - not 1st
Happiness / 10 - 6
Blew up at 100 miles!
Scorching Duathlon
2/9/07
distance 5/20/2.5
Time - 1:18
Position - 8 / 25(ish)
Happiness / 10 - 6
Levin Half Marathon, Taupo
5/8/07
R21.1k
Time - 1:38:00
Position - 83rd Open Male from 300+
Happiness / 10 - 7/10
Not fast but great to finish in one piece.
Wellington Half Marathon
24/6/07
R21.1k
Time - DNF
Position - Last
Happiness / 10 - 0/10
Through 5k in 7 min miles then hit curb and ripped hand up again 
Xterra NZ
15/4/07
B40k
Time - DNS
Position - Last
Happiness / 10 - 0/10
No chance of starting with hand.
Odyssey MTB ride - 300k
8/4/07
B320k
Time - DNS
Position - Last
Happiness / 10 - 0/10
No chance of starting with hand.
R&R series MTB race
1/4/07
B40k
Time - DNF
Position - Last
Happiness / 10 - 0/10
2.5k in and cut hand to smitherenes, 4 days in hospital
Wellington Standard Distance Champs
Very Windy Day - 18/3/07
S1.5k B40k R10k
Time - 2:28
Position - 15 / 60
Happiness / 10 - 8/10
Ironman New Zealand 3/1/07
S3.8k B180k R42.2k
Time - 11:47:42
Position - 395
Happiness / 10 - 7/10
McMillan Memorial Du - 28/1/07
R2.3Mi / B4.6Mi
<30 Mins
2 / 12
9 / 10 - Hello Mr Hurtbox!
Greenmantle Dash Hill Race - 2/1/07
R2Mi
22:47
51 / 119
6 / 10 - downhill poor
Edinburgh NYD - 1/1/07
S400m B11mi R3.5mi
S7:40 B36.59 R27.07 - 1:13:51
23rd of 317 finishers (less some teams) S41, B25, R43
7 / 10
Key:
Distances
Time
Position
Happiness / 10 |
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| Personal Bests |
Run
5k - 19.46 - 25/9/05 (Scottish Aquathon Champs)
5Mile - 32.35 - 26/8/05 (Kilmarnock Trail Race)
10k - 41.12 - 10/5/05 (Troon 10k)
10Mile - 72.21 - 8/5/05 (Deeside duathlon)
1/2 Mara - 91.32 - 19/3/06 (Girvan Half)
Mara - 3:41:21 - 2/10/05 (Loch Ness mara)
Bike
10 Mile - 24.12 - 13/10/06 (Old Loans Course)
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Continuing the tri vs du debate (non-confrontationally)
Sat Dec 03, 2005 2:22 pm T-rex of Tri
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How come an hour's running seems to be more sore than 3 hours cycling? As usually on a Saturday I would go out for a few hours on my bike, today it was a 1:10 run, would have been more but I planned my route badly and as much as wanted to run up to the top of a local mountain my shoes really weren't appropriate (honest).
I think some of it is because I was running on the road all the way, that's not going to help but still it's quite sore.
I'm really gonna have to add some featurers to this blog, I think it needs a pb's, another picture or two, and my forthcoming year and results from the year.
Any other suggestions? 
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'Mon the Biff
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Wed Nov 30, 2005 10:10 pm T-rex of Tri
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I've got a noisy neighbour, any advice?
Only thing is... it's me. I have to sit in our communal room in our student flat to hook up to BT broadband, sadly my iBook is pre-airport as standard (oversight on my part). I just can't concentrate as my digital radio is on upstairs and it's hooked up to my speakers and subwoofer.
I think it is the sub that is pumping the base through the floor that is the real problem, so probably not as annoying for those on the same floor, but what should I do.
If only I could put up a poll... ASBO or chap on the guy's door.
Problem is I have so many personalities I really wouldn't want to meet one of the nastier ones!
TRoT
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Fish Supper and Training?!?
Wed Nov 30, 2005 10:07 pm T-rex of Tri
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Bex posed the question a couple of days ago about a glass of wine and training, I had a think about this, it seemed entirely possible although something steady like a nice gentle bike spin would make sense.
So having thought all that through what did I go and do? I had half a whale (disguised as a large fish supper), lovely, loads of really fleshy fish and a few chips but they really weren't why I was eating it, it was the fish.  This really isn't a problem right now, my diet is rubbish but I feel I could stack away a few pounds (probably up to another half stone) to help me avoid hypothermia at Big Jock's Bangcock challenge and obviously Tough Guy.
What is the problem is that I waited an hour and then went out running. What a mistake, my headcold is getting worse as running in the cold usually does to you.
About 4k's later I got to the pool and went for a swim but with a notably dicky tummy. Took a few measures to sort it (nothing too drastic) and jumped in for a nice 1k swim.
Now, I'm starting to ramble on a bit, but there was this chap who went into my lane who seemed very odd, threw in 2 kickboards, completed a really deep dive and then proceeded to do the slowest kick 50 I've ever seen, I let him go 5 metres up the lane and then just swam passed him. What he was up to I don't know as after I'd done 150m he was at the far end of the next lane over (not in public use) kicking his feet. Now oddly I know that Saint Madoc or Ro trains in Stirling University pool... was this him. He always appeared like an all theory no application kind of guy. I had thought it to be someone else, but who's to know.
I also had the joy of watching a guy in the fast lane breast stroke passed me, but I've seen him before and he clearly is a bit fast.
Anyway, a mile and a half run home and a fair training session... outside of the headcold  and dicky tummy.
Wine might be possible, don't try training on a fish supper.
TRoT
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Mon Nov 28, 2005 3:34 pm T-rex of Tri
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Well, this weekend saw a bit more cross country, I'm getting to love it right now (thanks to not being injured) 
This week it was the Ayrshire cross country championships, and what with the junior races, the seniors didn't kick off till 13.45.... ideal for going out with the chain gang in the morning.
The chain gang is a triathlete group with interlopers from 2 separate cycle clubs joining in (their clubs reciprocate on a Sunday), so there was always going to be scope for dragging some more people along to the cross, and I managed it. 3 of us had done between 36 and 55 miles prior to our 9k blast around the fields of Irvine on Saturday. I had done 39 miles and wasn't feeling too bad before the start.
Only comment on the cycle was a bit of tyre skidding going on, I think I'm just pushing way too big gears up hills, it's all good for power, but just no use for speed. Haven't used my wee ring in my last 5 or 6 cycles. It's only happening uphill and they are fairly new tyres as well. Hmm...
Back to the XC, not feeling too bad... but then, as ever, a pre-race bladder release is required and what do I see, nowt but yellow pee!!! Clearly I'm a bit dehydrated and am going to underperform (combined with my sore legs, maybe very underperform). Must learn to listen to my sports physiologist gf, maybe she does know something (just don't tell her) 
Off we go for our 9k, set off as ever hard and fast, clearly too hard and fast and knew I'd slip back as the race went on. It was a 3 lap affair and I think my last lap was more than a minute slower than the first two. In terms of my running club I finished in the same position as the week before, just not as close to the man ahead and a lot closer to the man behind but much fun.
Of the 3 who cycled first and then ran I was last of them, but then one did Lanza this year and the other did IMUK, and me just a HIM, so clearly I'm the junior athlete in that bunch.
Ho hum, so that on the Saturday.
Then on the Sunday I didn't fancy another cycle (unless an MTB and my mountain bike wasn't with me), so went out for a run. About 2 miles to the local MTB park to run up the hill and then take a walking track back to the village where I was at (about 7 miles all in).
Best part of the day... overtaking about 7 mountain bikers who were cycling as I was runnign up the hill! Oh how I laughed!
All in, it's how weekends should be, lots of exercise and not much time to recover.
Circuits tonight could be a little tough though.
TRoT
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'Mon the Biff
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A spot of XC, yes please!!!
Sun Nov 20, 2005 6:54 pm T-rex of Tri
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Well, the continued build to Tough Guy continued apace today with the very hilly Girvan XC, the mens race was 9600m and a lot of fun.
I was home in 44 minutes and 7 seconds which probably wasn't bad for the course.
One thing that gets me though is the horses for courses thing that happens. Here in Ayrshire there are probably 50 people who are always at races, you know where you stand against them, rarely you'll pull up a place or two and sometimes you'll lose lots of places due to injury / overtraining.
OK, that said, why can I beat one of the chaps from Arran by more than a minute in most of the hill races that I do and yet he'll always have me in cross country, the disciplines aren't that different, distance much the same and yet when the race gets more brutal I see to get more lively.
Hmm, might have to write to Mr Mouse to ask for a harder course, that should sort out the T-rex's from the Cobbies! 
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'Mon the Biff
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Fri Nov 18, 2005 3:10 pm T-rex of Tri
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Cobbie, Paul L, thanks for the tips.
I had a lane to myself last night (pretty much, there were 3 of us but the other two just got out the way when I lapped them) so I should really have been doing some practise... but the rest of the tri club wre there and I was weary of flapping about like a fool in front of them.
So I worked on the other part that the coach mentioned, which is tied in to the bilateral breathing. When I breath my left shoulder tends to dip right down into the water and I more sort of circle my left arm than stroke and I also perform a bit of catch up (it's weird, but then so is my swimming). So what I have to in fact do is try to not let my left arm sink straight underwater so as my arms don't get out of sink if I'm only going to breathe to one side.
So working on that didn't seem to affect my pace, did 1500m in 29 mins, which is pretty much race pace for me (race pace vs training pace, another argument... I only swim to race in triathlon and only ever swim slow in standards....)
Acht, it's a theory, I'll work on that and on bilateral this winter, will relieve the boredom of getting my swimming ready for IM next year (who said that? - don't be silly T-rex, take your finger off the checkout button)  
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'Mon the Biff
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Wed Nov 16, 2005 5:29 pm T-rex of Tri
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Well, maybe I'm going to make a point of doing this this winter.
Last year was all about learning to fc and hence going from duathlon to triathlon, this winter I think I should be looking at breathing bilateral, there is a disparity between my left and right shoulders due to a bike accident a number of years ago but it is getting better due to the swimming, but this has meant only breathing out of one side.
However coach yesterday suggested a bit of bi breathing to even up my stroke, so that's what I was trying. It felt very unnatural, but with the plan of doing IM distance next year I figure it will be worth it. I think at times I have caused back strain by only breathing out of one side, so a winter's work is ahead of me, i'm gonna swallow some water but I'll get there in the end.
TRoT - glug  
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'Mon the Biff
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Sun Nov 13, 2005 6:23 pm T-rex of Tri
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Not one to deny you folks of some photos of me hill-running.
Here are my brakes:
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And my front brakes:
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And what good fun hill running is:
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I'm really bad at hill running, but enjoy it so much. This year's Tinto race was a blast and I was 2:43 quicker than last year, so not too shabby. Managed to get in the top half of the field which is no mean achievement for a hill race and with 194 people there it was great to see a good turnout.
Now I'm meant to be writing an essay, better go.
TRoT
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