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Arriving at Heron Lake you immediatly notice its close proximity to the M25. The access is easy and although parking can be a problem, generally it is not.The lake looks gorgeous surrounded by trees and bushes and on a warm day, very tempting indeed!The facilities are excellent; changing rooms, showers, toilets, cafe. In fact the whole family can come and watch you swim! Entering the lake the

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I have my first open water swim training session tomorrow at Heron Lake in Staines. I`m not sure what to expect really but its a step in the right direction in improving my swim sighting and open water skills!I`ll report on the venue and the advice given tomorrow.Got my girlfriend a brand spanking new Specialised bike today. An excuse for more cycling, tried and tested!Dom

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So far so good it seems. I`m a week and three days into stepping up the training hours for my half ironman in september. Whats more, I feel great!I was expecting to feel tired and weary all the time since I`m not used to the longer sessions but I feel almost, better suited to this type of training???I can't wait until the vitruvian, its going to be awesome!Anyway, we all need our sleep,

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My Training for the Week to date consisted of:Monday-Rest from WakefieldTuesday- Speed Skills on the bike for 41min followed by a 50min core/weights sessionWednesday- Swimming 5x200m and drills for 27min/Force work on bike, 1hr 30minThursday-No training, too much work.Friday- Swimming 10x100m off 1min40/Weights 1hr 15min/Cycle in big gear 1hrSaturday- Run Long 1hr 54minSunday- Cycle long

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Just a quick note to say that you can now bookmark/visit this blog by using the slightly easier to remember http://www.trimore.co.uk address.The main site is currently in development but will soon be bringing you training advice, nutritional advice, archived race reviews, product reviews, video and music reviews and many more triathlon related issues. There will also be a section detailing my

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Just a short note to express my views on the new look BTF sticky race numbers. Now on first obtaining a pair of these numbers my immediate thought was "Water....adhesive paper.....water.....adhesive paper?". Clearly not a good combination, let alone ripping a wetsuit off over them and them the punishment they would get from the wind on the bike!Although normally the first to try anything new I

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The long drive up towards Leeds took about 5hrs through what I can only describe as ever changing weather. One minute there was gorgeous sunshine and the next, torrents of rain. My emotions were quite suttle, I didn't feel like I would be racing the next day.Arriving at Wakefield I was greeted with a muddy field, a splutter of rain and some appropriately unhappy marshalls. There was no parking

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The Triathletes Training Bible 2nd Edition: Joe FrielBlurbCoach Joe Friel touts the benefits of creating a scientific, self coached training plan to refine your skills and improve your triathlon performance. You will learn how to train smarter, not harder, and apply proven techniques for increasing endurance without overtraining. Friel equips you with the know-how to build a personal training

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I often get asked the question, "You do not have any coached qualifications, how do you know how to traing?".Triathlon, being a highly individual sport requires the individual to plan, stick to and report on their own training programmes. To do this I use a selection of resources which I have provided on the right of this page.All the resources are in written form and are a wealth of knowledge

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Todays schedule: 30minute Run at Race Pace followed by 30minutes of core work.I love running 5k's at race pace. I can go out hard from the start and before the pain or fatigue from running fast has caught up with me I have pretty much finished. 10k's are different, probably because I use the same strategy as I do with 5k's:Go hard for the first 2k so as to raise VO2 levels to a peak which in turn

Domhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05354482439035768008noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-184232566152002424.post-61517870715976436562007-07-02T10:41:00.000-07:002007-07-02T10:49:49.177-07:00

I find myself in a confusing situation. I have raced, recovered, started half ironman training and am planning a taper all in the space of 2 weeks?Although I had planned my entire year before it started there are always things that get in the way or confuse the situation. These can include holidays, socialising, exams :( or even just the spur of the moment sprint triathlon or 5k road race. All

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My body awoke this morning feeling the effects of training over the last week. A hard week consisting of recovery sessions on the monday and the start of half ironman training for the vitruvian in september. A fantastic week it was though, being finalised by an early 3hr cycle and 30min run brick at 5.30am on a Sunday.I like to get out early on the bike because I miss all the traffic. I can have

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23rd June, 2007:It was the day I had been waiting for...further that, the day I had been training for. The winter base and months of following training would all amount to this race, the Dambuster.The Dambuster Triathlon, one of pacesetterevents finest would be my first Olympic distance event. Not only that, it would be the qualifer for the world championships later this year in Hamburg Germany.

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