May totals

Another duff month for running, partly hamstring, partly apathy. Running:29.36 (less than half of target) Cycling:216.79 (finally a more than 100% month for a discipline - actually 130%) Swimming: 5km

April totals

Bad month for everything, especially running: Swim: 6.00 km (2.33km short) Bike: 143.93 (22.74km short) Run: 38.11km (24.39km short)

Catching up again

1st April: 2km swimming - 41'20 2nd April: gym session: 2km treadmill, 5km static bike, 5km treadmill, 500m swim 4th: 14.1km time trial in 29.9km/hr

Catching up

28th March - 1km tempo swim - 21'00" 30th March - Long bike ride on Saturday - 47.16km at 24.7/km/hr Then long wait for Minnie including 1.2km downhill behind Pitfichie 31st March - 8km on Newburgh beach in 52' Totals for March: Swim: 8.02km Bike: 168.03 Run: 51.55km

Back on the bike

27th March: A quick 25km before dinner with Daria's parents. On the new bike, at 24.9km/h

Gym session

30km on the static bike in just under an hour - level 14 Then 2km at around 10km/hr on the treadmill (ugh) 500m tempo reasonably fishy swim, then 500m in intervals breaststroke/crawl also ok

Catching up, including Run Garioch 5k

Saturday 16th March: 1.5km tempo swim (29'49") Sunday 17th: 30km static bike in gym (level 14, just under 1 hour) Wednesday 20th March: 2km + 1km treadmill running, 10km static bike Friday 22nd March (with Ellie): 5km on static bike, then 5.68 on the treadmill in 30 minutes Sunday 24th March: Run Garioch 5k - 25'01" for 4.94km Then snowy (3 inches deep, soft underfoot) at Whitehills for 4.13km

Swimming and running

8th March: 2.5km swimming in lumps of 1km, 3 x 500m First 1km ok speed, others in freestyle at 2'07"/100m (slower than 2' target) 10th March: treadmill run: 6km at 11km/hr. Wanted to go long, but snowy day and bursitis prevented it. Decided not to run Garioch 1/2M, but try the 10k. Discovered the 10k is full, so registered for the 5. 24 minutes maybe? 12th March: 2km tempo swim in 40'40" (2'02"/100m). First 1km was 9 seconds over 20 minutes. Second 1km was 30 seconds over. Felt fishy for the first time in a while though, and pushing down on chest to pop legs up seemed to work too.

Early March, including Hyde Park

5.19km on the static bike warming up for training Running around Hyde Park: 8.06km at around 5'30"/km 2.5km mixed swimming on Friday March 8th Gym: 6.01km tempo running on treadmill in gym

Aboyne duathlon

Aboyne duathlon: lovely sunny, calm morning around Aboyne: Offical times: Run 1 - 21.13 T1: 0.52 Bike: 31.51 T2: 0.48 Run 2: 21.46 Total 1:16.31

February totals

27th February: 10.63 around Aberdeen 28th February: 775m dreadful swimming Totals: Cycling 153.28km Running: 51.55km Swimming: 5.28km All below target.

And more:

19th Feb: 2.06km treadmill running 5.40km indoor cycling 23d Feb: 48.08 km cycling outside - further, hillier and at least as fast as week before 25th feb: 1500m swimming and 2.55km on the treadmill

Long and slow evening run in Aberdeen

10.63km at 5'32"/km (5'26"/km moving pace), but no gas at all. But small breakfast and soup only for lunch, so probably ok

And more:

19th Feb: 2.06km treadmill running 5.40km indoor cycling 23d Feb: 48.08 km cycling outside - further, hillier and at least as fast as week before 25th feb: 1500m swimming and 2.55km on the treadmill

More catching up

11th Feb: 10km treadmill, then 14km time trial loop anticlockwise on old bike (new bike broken) 12th Feb: treadmill intervals: 10.5km/hr, 15 km/hr, 12 minutes at 30 secondes each - 2.6 km 13th Feb: 20km in total on the turbo 14th Feb: gym session with 5km on treadmill, 1.5km in pool 16th Feb: 4.28km on Bennachie with Judith and the dog 16th Feb: 40km on the old bike at average 25.4 moving speed 17th Feb: 1km warm up walk up the Whitehills hill, then 5.77km around Whitehills - slow again

Lots of catching up

Towards the end of January:


27th: 1.5km swim, 35km static bike, 6km run on treadmill. Indoor mini-Olympic triathlon

28th: 2km swim


31st: 6km treadmill running


Totals for January:
Swim: 8.55km

Bike: 147.06km

Run: 63.1km




2nd Feb: 20km static bike, 5km run

5th Feb: 5km warmup on the static bike, 2.5 km running at 10km/hr (30 secs), 15km/hr (30 secs)

6th Feb: 1500m swimming, at just under 30 minutes. Nice and fishy (better stroke count)

Tempo run and then longer session

Thursday 24th: 5km on the treadmill, in 24'23" (4'52"/km - according to the machinery Saturday 26th: 2km warmup at 12km/hr, then abs, then 8km at steady (long and slow) pace of 5'27"/km. Which wasn't bad.

Catching up

Monday 14th January - 2km in the pool in the gym. Reasonably fishy. Sunday 20th January- 2, then 6 then 2 km on the treadmill (mostly at around 11km/hr), but last 2km at least at 12 km/hr. Then 1 km in the pool but with no timing, so hard to know. First couple of lengths felt fantastically fishy

Cold cycle

Cold and slightly snowy (sort of snowy drizzle). First ride over the hill to Echt - 14.5k3m at 20.8km/hr (very slow). Then faster from Echt to Westhill, and back through Kirkton of Skene, Dunecht and Cluny, 32.05km at 26.0km/hr - much better (but flatter)

Beach run

Running with Minnie on the beach. 6.1km at around 6'24" moving pace. Glacial. Partly be because on a beach, partly because of training with Lyn the day before...

Tempo swim

1 km in 20'41" in the James Bond speedos. Felt longish, but not very quick. Tried hard to be fishy.

Hungover waddle around Whitehills

Very slow and painful - lots of walking, and average moving pace of 5'58"/km over 7.44km But average overall pace of 7'21"/km - including all the stops for Minnie

Saturday ride

From Inverurie to Rothienorman, Oldmeldrum and back to Inverurie. 40km at 25.4km/hr. ok but not quick enough. 4 minutes slower than my best (although that was a race day (but had 264m ascent compared with 200m today)

Gym session

2km warming up at around 11km/hr Then 4 km in rough intervals: up to 12.8km/hr, but not for long, cruise at around 10km/hr (dreadful) The 1 km tempo swim in the pool: 20'22" - not too bad, and reasonably fishlike

And we're off for 2013

January 1st: very windy walk up Bennachie with Judith and Minnie January 2nd: 2 bike rides: warm up clockwise around Pitmunie at 24.5km/hr (6.8km) then time trial loop to Kemnay: 27.0km/hr (13.6km) Total 20.4km