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Health Concerns

As you may or may not know, I was planning to complete something called “Part Of A Tri Everyday In July” See here. While working for the last 4 weeks at 60 hours a week. Within the last 10 days some health issues have been noticed by myself. Just over ten days ago I noticed […]

Part of a tri everyday in July

Well as you may know I have been thinking of an idea similar to my mad may idea for the month of July. Where as for everyday in the whole month I do something active,  (May was running 10k everyday). Well as you may or may not know an Olympic distance triathlon consists of a 1500m […]

Dartmoor classic

Got up: 4am Breakfast: 4:30 soya milk with nut muesli,water, Location: Dartmoor,Devon. Conditions: tarmac roads,very undulating, 3407 meters of climbs. Weather: started very misty then turned into the most beautiful sunny day with a touch of wind. Race: The race went very well over all, as I sort of remembered the course from last year […]

Donate By Text

Hello all Well as you may or may not know that as well as raising awareness for testicular cancer, I also raise money for Cancer Research UK, as they helped me a great deal through my treatment and both my Professor and his registrar are supported by them. So saying all that there is a […]

Windsor Triathlon

Got up: 4:15 Breakfast: 500g apricot muesli, soya milk,2 X bananas,water Location: Windsor and the Surrounding areas Conditions: 
Water – perfect., Bike – tarmac, little undulating, Run – tarmac,undulating. Weather: little wind,raining,cold Race Swim: Started off in the second row in my wave but within the first 20 metres the velcro on my  wetsuit started […]

Blenheim Triathlon

Got up: 6:50 Breakfast: 500g apricot muesli, soya milk, water Location: Blenheim Palace Conditions
Water – perfect., Bike – tarmac, very undulating, Run – tarmac mainly, little grass,undulating Weather: windy,overcast,little rain Race Swim: started right at the front and in the middle of my wave as to get some clear water,went well for most of the […]

Mad May Idea Summary

As you may already know I planned to completed What I called “A Mad May Idea” The idea was to run a minimum of 10k each day for the whole month as well as my regular training and scheduled events Each run was done using the Runmeter iphone app and was uploaded to both my […]

Speedy Beaver Triathlon

This was my first triathlon this year and my first for Bustinyourballs.org Got up: 4:15 Breakfast: 500g Oat granola with pineapple and cranberries Location: Belvoir Castle grounds and surrounding areas Conditions Water – cold at first ,muddy,shallow. Bike – tarmac,undulating Run – started with grass then tarmac,first 2.5k up hill 20% grad,second 2.5k back down. […]

Etape Caledonia

Got up: 5.15 Breakfast:5.45 rice milk with apricot muesli,water, Zipvit caffeine gel Location: Perthshire ,Scotland Conditions: tarmac roads,very undulating Weather:overcast,windy,little rain Race:The race when very well apart for a couple of miner things,1. when I was in a specific gear the chain kept jumping to the next gear. 2.there were so many people ahead of […]

OVER 1000 HITS

We have reached over 1000 hits now,which is amazing,with an average of 100 hits a week. So thank you very much for visiting this site and spreading the word. I hope that everyone that has visited the site and will do in the future,found it useful and informative. There are a couple of additions happening […]