February 2007

Stumpy’s Back

February 27, 2007
Stumpy's Back

The bike shop rang unexpectedly today to say that the Stumpjumper was fixed already! Seems the shock failure wasn’t so catastrophic after all, but it did somehow swing around to being all my fault again. Ho hum! I left the shop with a rejuvenated bike and a swanky new high pressure suspension pump. Apart from [...]

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Big Gurls Bike – Update

February 25, 2007
Big Gurls Bike - Update

I finally got round to dragging my bike across London to get the shot suspension checked out. Seems it is indeed shot, the piston has reversed or somesuch and needs to be replaced. I was happy to discover that it is my fault for riding the bike with the suspension locked out.  The fox suspension [...]

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BPTT Update for 24th February

February 25, 2007
BPTT Update for 24th February

I didn’t have the best pre-race prep, unrestrained alcohol and dodgy curries aren’t usually recommended in the books. As expected I was suffering a little bit before I set off for the Bushy Park time trial, the early morning ride through Richmond Park perked me up a little bit though. The grass doesn’t look too [...]

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Running Commute No 5

February 22, 2007
Running Commute No 5

Oh blimey it was a struggle today, as I type my legs are seizing up. During the run my legs felt like lead and the tarmac like sand, I only continued because I thought it must be good for the soul to suffer so greatly. I convinced myself that I would need to be prepared [...]

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Big Bum Running

February 21, 2007
Big Bum Running

I’m a bit out of sync with my posting but I wanted to slip in an update for the weekend which was quite active on the running front. Firstly my new shoes arrived: Asics Kayano X11′s and Asics Gel Trabuco trail shoes. The first pair were simply a direct replacement for my existing Kayano’s – [...]

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Treadmill Woes

February 19, 2007
Treadmill Woes

Just been to the 24hr gym to get my running fix. My normal machine was broken so I had to use a new and unfamiliar gerbil wheel. It was quite snazzy and offered a few speed training sessions like 400m repeats and mile repeats but I opted for a 5k tempo run as I wasn’t [...]

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Running Commute No 4

February 15, 2007
Running Commute No 4

Despite a few resistant sniffles I reckon I am back on form and so today was time to push myself to run home again. Result: 10 km in 1:18:43 It was an interesting run, typically it was a struggle to start with and at the 2k stage I was patting down all my pockets to [...]

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Valentines blah blah

February 14, 2007
Valentines blah blah

Just heard a statistic from Thorntons, the watering hole for romantic chocoholics. Apparently in the run up to Valentines day, 1 in 5 gents are buying two identical chocolate treats at each transaction and having different names iced onto each. That’s giving me anxiety just thinking about it – it’s just going to go so [...]

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Bushy Park Time Trial

February 11, 2007
Bushy Park Time Trial

Bushy Park Time Trial Originally uploaded by warriorwomen. I’m so glad I went along to the Bushy Park Time Trial yesterday morning what a great event. Thanks for everyone’s motivating comments – it really helped. I was drenched before I got there but at least the soggy weather acted to keep me cool during the [...]

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Get out clause

February 10, 2007
Get out clause

It was a struggle cycling home through the blustery weather this evening and when I finally got in and plonked myself on the sofa I couldn’t help but kick myself for commiting to the two weekend runs. Both of them are in Bushy Park/Teddington, about a 7 mile cycle from my flat and both start [...]

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