Hmm - Duathlon

Following Leon and Cath's kind suggestions earlier Giovanni has been able to find a couple of Duathlon's ( not biathlons as I previously called them) this year that are not too far from home.

Thruxton Mass Attack on the 23rd Oct
or
New Forest 30th Oct

Personally I fancy the Thruxton race as I believe its on the race course at Thruxton so nice and flat. The only downside is I'm still not able to train fro running but as the 2 runs are on 5K each I shouldn't need to train too hard for that. Need to spend time on the bike though 30k would take me about 1hr 10 at normally commuting pace. I'd like to get that under an hour. I'll have to look up a triathlete friend of mine for some tips.

Started training already though by cycling the 6 miles into work. I suppose the reluctance to line the pockets of the petrol companies and Gordon Brown had something to do with the decision as well.

The return

I'm back!!!

Hoiday was excellent. Campsite was wonderful, if anyone is looking for a quiet family campsite in North Cornwall then I can recommend Sun Haven Valley just up the coast from Newquay. Spent the first couple of days on the beach bodyboarding with BigW, who is now nicknamed "The Seal" as we bought him a wet suit while we were there. Visited lots of National Trust and English Heritage Sites ( We're family members and there excellent when its not quite beach weather) There was Goonhilly - Interesting place for tech heads like me. It seems that 3 of the dishes at Goonhilly carry that wonderful piece of Television called the Eurovision Song contest. I'll have a word for Giovanni to ensure the go non-operational the next time.

And I musn't forget the Eden Project now that is some place. We took out the passport option when we visited and spent the extra £3 for MrsW and I (BigW and MiddleW are Blue peter badge winners and get in free) and get free entry for a year. Made use of it as well, ended up going 3 times. Even took the boys to see some Stock Car and banger racing. They absolutely loved that - MrsW and I didn't when we discovered someone had nicked all 4 hubcaps from the Car!

{Rob hears pixies drumming fingers and decides to answer her question}

Didn't run at all on Holiday - can't remember when the last time I did run was. PF is getting better but went a bit when I was doing some light sprint work with BigW's Rugby team. Gentle reminder that I shouldn't be running yet. My feet are a lot better when I'm wearing footwear with a shaped footbed so this points to the need for orthos. I should be getting a Gait Scan on Friday for some custom orthos from The Orthotics Group.

{Door Creaks open and Giovanni enters}

Oh Hello Giovanni - good holiday?

Siberia, strange place

Oh - The annual ice bath makers convention

Ironman? Oh no not for me You know I'm a very slow swimmer and the optician has recommended I don't swim with contact lenses.

Biathlon? now that would be a possibility.

Getting out of season oh well - never mind perhaps next year

You'll look one up? Excellent

{Giovanni leaves the room}

Oh Pix I'll have to be a non-starter for both the NF Half and Abingdon. Missed too much training.

Message from space

A big thank you to BT for providing a free internet zone at Goonhilly Earth Station. Holiday has been great so far especially the bodyboarding I'll give a full report at the weekend when I get Home.

BTW I've ditched the spam horrible stuff, perhaps I can muck up their bandwidth while I'm here?......

Going to rack and ruin

I hadn't realised that it had been so long since I last made an entry here, it was only when Pixie stuck her head round the corner that I thought I ought to say something.

So - I'm still unable to run due to Plantar problems and its depressing me. To make matters worse it seems to be having a detrimental effect on my entire life. I feel really lethargic and basically in a can't be bothered mood. I'll have to give up on the idea of running both Abingdon Marathon and the New Forest Half. I've lost far too much training.

Decided that I definitely needed to break out of that spiral so cycled into work this morning and what a great idea it was beautiful morning and got into work feeling full of energy and ready to face the day ahead. Of course with my luck that couldn't last was cycling home this evening and suffered a puncture, unfortunately I was going downhill and lost control when turning off the road to fix the puncture. I've now got a small dose of road rash on my knee and elbow.

Now for the good news I'm off on holiday this Saturday for 2 weeks Yipee! I need this break.