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Andy B Blog: February 2013
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A blog about endurance racing and sport psychology. Sunday, 24 February 2013. 5km challenge: Week 5 and 6. So I thought it best to leave it a couple of weeks before my next update. The weekly trudge was getting dull. Things have been going well, but still lots to learn. Weeks 5 and 6 were supposed to look like this:. However, because I transferred all these sessions to my handwritten notebook (incorrectly! 1) CHECK THE PLAN! Obviously it better to do the remaining ones correctly though, than compromise t...
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Andy B Blog: June 2012
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A blog about endurance racing and sport psychology. Tuesday, 19 June 2012. IM UK 70.3 - 17th June 2012. Swim - 27:46 (12 in AG, 65th Overall). Bike - 3:13:48 (32nd in AG, 274th Overall). Run - 1:41:28 (16th in AG, 141st Overall). Total - 5:30:35 (20/141 in AG, 151st Overall). Anyway - rant over. The race:. My bike - ready to roll (really slowly round the bike course). All smiles (not sure why) pre the delayed swim start - photo courtesy of Tobias Mews. The swim start - photo courtesy of Tobias Mews.
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Andy B Blog: March 2013
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A blog about endurance racing and sport psychology. Tuesday, 26 March 2013. 5km challenge: Weeks 7-10. And actually rowing- boring as it may be! The Pete Plan for weeks 7-10. Week 7 (w/c 25th Feb). I am always ready to take a rest day as required to keep things on the straight and narrow. Below is a summary of week 7 sessions. Week 8 (w/c 4th March). Dumbell bent over row. Swiss ball dumbell chest press. Week 9 (w/c 11th March) and 10 (w/c 18th March). These two weeks for me were Jury duty! As a 'key' se...
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Andy B Blog: 5km Challenge update: Week 2
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A blog about endurance racing and sport psychology. Saturday, 26 January 2013. 5km Challenge update: Week 2. Well I've heard nothing from Jeremy so far, I can only assume my last couple of posts have him cowering in fear.either way, I've been plugging on with the task at hand. Still yet to see much evidence of others who have said they'd give the challenge a go. To be honest, I can't blame them. Already this week I've started to find the whole process a bit of a chore! So on Monday I did the shorter inte...
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Andy B Blog: August 2012
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A blog about endurance racing and sport psychology. Thursday, 30 August 2012. Final Preparations - The Gore-tex Transalpine Run 2012. So the final preparations are more or less complete, and somehow, against all odds, Lotte. And I will seem to be on course to toe the start line in Ruhpolding in a 2 days time. Training this year has gone well, more so for myself than Lotte, who was hampered by a couple of issues (back and foot). Transalpine run-in, and predicted run 2012. The photo below is from part of t...
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Andy B Blog: 5km challenge: Week 5 and 6
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A blog about endurance racing and sport psychology. Sunday, 24 February 2013. 5km challenge: Week 5 and 6. So I thought it best to leave it a couple of weeks before my next update. The weekly trudge was getting dull. Things have been going well, but still lots to learn. Weeks 5 and 6 were supposed to look like this:. However, because I transferred all these sessions to my handwritten notebook (incorrectly! 1) CHECK THE PLAN! Obviously it better to do the remaining ones correctly though, than compromise t...
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Andy B Blog: February 2012
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A blog about endurance racing and sport psychology. Monday, 6 February 2012. So I had signed up to this race planning to get some 'multi-day' experience in with Lotte as part of our preparation for Transalpine this September. The format is 33 miles out along the North Downs Way (NDW) on day 1, then back along the same route for day 2. I had mixed experiences of the event; definitely well organised, but last time. My partner from Transalpine in September ( Chris Jenkins. It was suprisingly warm thanks to ...
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Andy B Blog: January 2013
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A blog about endurance racing and sport psychology. Saturday, 26 January 2013. 5km Challenge update: Week 2. Well I've heard nothing from Jeremy so far, I can only assume my last couple of posts have him cowering in fear.either way, I've been plugging on with the task at hand. Still yet to see much evidence of others who have said they'd give the challenge a go. To be honest, I can't blame them. Already this week I've started to find the whole process a bit of a chore! So on Monday I did the shorter inte...
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Andy B Blog: May 2012
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A blog about endurance racing and sport psychology. Monday, 28 May 2012. Cyclotour du Leman 180km - 27th May. Riding time - 4:52. Elapsed time - 5:06. The forecast for Sunday during the week had suggested thunderstorms, and as I stepped onto the plane in England, flying away from perfectly good weather in the high 20s a small part of me began to question whether my decision to go would be a wise one. Some salami, and a handful of strawberries. Having not ridden 180km before my brother was a little ne...
