EDT Camp Day 5-6

Thursday - Day 5


Swim Race: 1.3k 34:37 + 30min
Bike: 50k
Run: Wildcard

Today the cunning plan FG and I came up with really comes into effect. Friday is the big ride day and we wanted to do as little as possible today and get rested.

The Trials and Tribulations of a Triathlete

You can’t just turn into a Triathlete overnight! This is serious stuff and you need some serious kit. When I started Triathlons just over 2 years ago I joined TriLondon, which is made up of many men and women with very little body fat. To say I felt out of place is an under statement.

What should you be drinking during and after exercise?

What would you say if I told you that drinking a glass of chocolate milk after exercise will help your muscles to recover more efficiently and promote maximum weight loss?? Let me explain....

Training Tools

I need to tell you about my new app! Don’t get confused this is not a gadget blog - oh well it might be today. This is a great training tool and I’ve only used it a few times but I love it.

Improving Bike Fitness

As some of you might know, I’ve been out of training with a knee problem. But finally the Physio has given me the green light to test out my knee and after a short run and a cycle, I’ve come through unscathed (well, a few little niggles but I’m sure I’m just being hypersensitive) I gather as long as I take it easy and build up some strength slowly I should be fine.

Ironman: The Beginning

Ironman….wait for it…140.3 miles - a 2.4 mile swim, followed by 112 miles on your bike and let’s not forget the small matter of running a marathon too, so that’s another 26 odd miles!!!


Now if you’re an elite athlete you can look at a sub 10 hour time… If you’re in great shape, you’re looking for a sub 12 hour time… and for everyone else, the aim is sub 17 hours (This is when they take down the finishing line, the flags and bunting - close up and go home.) No medal, no glory!

Trying to deal with my Injury

I’m lame, injured, broken! I’m no good - just throw me on the scrap pile with the other cripples. C’mon body, why aren’t you working?!


Ok, a little over the top I know, but I’m frustrated, angry at myself - all I want to do is run, run, run and run a little more.

I better explain before you think I’ve gone completely mad…

My First Bonk

I think this will disappoint you, this is not about the summer of ‘95 but rather a cold, wet day cycling around Sussex and Kent. I had signed up for the ‘Tour De Weald’ a 100 mile bike ride starting and finishing at Burgess Hill. The day didn’t start out well, missed my train at Victoria and my friends on it, this meant I would be riding solo. The weather was, wet, windy, cold everything you didn’t want. The course was empty and a lot of people had dropped out, out of pure luck I bumped into a couple of people I knew and off we went picking up another make it a group of four.