Still in recovery mode

Still recuperating but back doing some work and enjoying the lifestyle I signed up for : time to read a book, practice the guitar(sometimes twice a day), play with the children and train. Each year I have a period of intense work for a few months just to ensure that I have enough money earned for the year and then I can relax. Although this time I think I overdid it.

On the training front I'm up to running 3x a week of 6km each time in my runamocs 2mm sole no insole. I only have slight discomfort on the inside of my left ankle. Last Saturday I ran(not a race) the 4.5km run route of my local sprint triathlons. About a third of it is on flat but very stoney trail which was a bit too much for me in my runamocs and socks but once on the road section heading towards the finish I really started flowing and was running quicker. I was 10min slower than I have run in a race but the that was mostly tip toeing throught the stones on the trail

I'm really in a positive frame of mind and hope to be racing on the 4 December although it depends on my swim times in training. I've been back swimming in the pond since the 1st Oct as usual and it just didn't as cold this year and my feet haven't been as cold (they are generally warmer and that is down to barefooting). I have my first time trial first week in November and if the signs are good I'll race - my goal is to only race if my swim has continued to improve. My ankle weight is up to 1.5kg when swimming in the pool and when I first swam with that weight and the balls in my hand I thought it was a challenge too far but het 2months later it is still hard but my body has yet again adapted. But this week I am swimming 6 times 3 pool 3 pond and I've noticed by the end of each session it is a case of survival.

Every second week I am doing a time trial on the bike on the turbo and then practicing flying mounts and dismounts. The idea of timetrials every second week is to imitate racing a lot (when I raced my best I raced a lot). And true to form I had a disppointmenting time trial last Sunday and as a reulted I got annoyed with myself so I ramped up my training this week and it was fantastic. And that is also how my racing used to happen in my best seasons start with a few bad races which fire me up for the rest of the seasons racing and training. So we shall see

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On a road bike...

It's not every day that you see a carbon road bike being used as a stunt machine -- hopping over boulders at the beach and styling it up at the skate park.

British trials legend Martyn Ashton does just that and more in his latest video, The BikeRadar Roadie.

The clip sees Mountain Biking Hall of Fame member Ashton hit the tarmac on his carbon Raleigh Avanti Team on his way to the UK's premier bike festival, BikeRadar Live -- which took place on 10-11 July.

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little movie about a ticket for riding abike not in the bike lane

This explains why it isn't illiegal

New York bicycle rules

Note the exception listed in the first point:

§ 4-12 (p) – Bicycles

• Bicycle riders must use bike path/lane, if provided, except for access, safety, turns, etc.

• Other vehicles shall not drive on or across bike lanes except for access, safety, turns, etc.

• Bicyclists may use either side of a 40-foot wide one-way roadway

Ignorant cop.

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Amazing

Saw this on Lucho's blog.

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Go faster bike product

I have been wanting one for a while -it is the Look ergo stem.
I took my old Specialized race bike into the bike shop looking to see if there was any way of lowering my handlebars because since I changed my stem for a modern one the my knees hit the new one when I put in a big effort on the bike. (I ride in a very aggressive forward position.) So I decided the only option apart from buying a new bike frame would be the stem.

I've always had a long stem so this variable one will allow me to experiment with shorter length and a bigger drop to try and get my back flat. Body position on the bike is the cheapest and most effective way to get faster for the same effort. I am going to try a lower tri bar position than ever before but I am a 1000% (one thousand %) more flexible now than in my 20's and 30's so I should be able to do it.


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