It took me a week to get over the Howling Bull race the week before last. Training last week was on the easy side although I enjoyed a solid...

Up Tuesday was a double header of the ol' down and up the ladder treadmill intervals. Intervals from 60s to 150s and back to 60s at fast...

After last week's snow filled long run hiatus, I was back on it today with 15½km. An off-road, uphill start (170+m of ascent) with an un...

So the long run wasn't such a long run. The unexpectedly snowy conditions meant it was soggy, boggy and slippy. My feet were wet through...

With the weather improving.. I mean, with the weather as $#!7 as ever, I can't put off building the long run any longer. I'm aiming ...

For today's run out and back along Barrel Lane. It was meant to be a steady run of about 10k. It started off that way. The first couple ...

Because sometimes you need to. Monday is absolutely a full rest day and Tuesday too. However much I'm itchy on Tuesday I'm not going...

It's been another solid week of training. A steady run Tuesday followed by a couple of more focused interval sessions on the bike and tr...

Up yesterday was my first run for a while on what I call the Longhope three peaks, on account of it having, yes, you guessed it, three peaks...

An easier week of training with today's race in mind. Up Tuesday was the 3rd stage of the Tour de Zwift on the treadmill where I ran int...

It's been a lower intensity week of training but not without some strong sessions. The highlight was Tuesday's kilometre reps. They ...

After that touch of Covid two weeks ago, I spent last week building back up slowly. I felt absolutely fine and my vital statistics were all ...

So finally, my resting heart rate returned to normal yesterday. I'm still a bit nasally bunged up but otherwise heading back to normal. ...

And this explains my elevated resting heart rate since since Saturday despite not actually feeling unwell - until today. And I honestly don...