So that's it, a new year has started. Happy new year to those that have been and still do follow my blog. I hope you all had a great Christmas and New Year. I worked most of Christmas but was off for the end of the year. So what's been happening? Not too much to be honest. I have been doing little bits of training here and there but nothing too consistent yet. I have been doing most of the cycling (which isn't much) on the turbo after the big freeze took over in Bridlington and you couldn't even walk safely let alone get your bike on the road. I finally got out on the road on New Years day for a nice ride of 1 hour 40. At the 10 mile point it started to snow heavily but I carried on and after a couple of miles it eased off only to start again on the main climb of the route. I got back just before my feet started to freeze so it wasn't too bad. I ran a 10 mile loop on the 30th Dec at a steady and comfortable pace and got round in 64 mins so quite pleased with that. Today I am in work so I brought the turbo in and set up in the gym next to the treadmill and did a brick, 10 mins run at 10k race pace then 20 min bike at Olympic distance pace repeated the set 3 times. Quite tired at the end but a good work out.
I didn't get any triathlon kit at Christmas this year, I opted to save the money towards a disc for the 2010 season, I looked into buying new but have gone for a used one as I don't know how much I will use it yet but going on past experience I will probably have it up for sale by mid season hence not spending loads on a new one. I also am now on the look out for a second hand tri spoke for the front. With the cosmic carbons I already have I will have plenty of set up options if I pick up a tri spoke as well. I have advertised my TT bike for sale as I may be getting a new race bike but at the moment its hard to say as the one I might be getting is rather difficult to get hold of. I hope to know more in the next 2-4 weeks what the likely hood is of me getting the new one. I have been well behaved over the Christmas/new year period and haven't over indulged so at the moment I seem to be fluctuating between 73 and 74 kgs but if I could only stop eating chocolate and danish pastries I might be able to get down to 72 kgs for the race season.
I have entered Clumber Park Duathlon and Antwerp 70.3 so far and also the Fleet Half Marathon and London Marathon. I will be applying for a slot at either the World or European Long course races for team GB but I don't know if I will qualify so time will tell on that front. I haven't worked out yet what smaller events I will do as warm up/training races but will start to look into it soon. I think that's all for now? so the only other thing is I changed the colour scheme on the blog just to freshen things up.
Daz
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And a Happy New Year to you Daz. I suspect that once you have a disc you will use it everywhere. Don't be put off by people saying that you shouldn't use them on hilly courses because, as a well-known UK time-triallist keeps reminding people, you may have to drag the weight up the hill but the downhills are usually faster and the disc will be a greater benefit here. The only time a disc is likely to be a disadvantage is if the descent is so technical you cannot tuck onto your tribars and get some serious 11-tooth action for any great length of time.
All the best
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