Today is 16 Oct 22. Time to review the purpose of this Blog - again! It is 2 years since the last review. 🤕 2022 was shaping up well and I was on track for a decent middle distance Duathlon race. Then COVID hit me! I tried to salvage the race season but never felt strong or healthy. Looking to 2023 now and focussing on being healthy and some sprint Duathlon racing mixed with some bike TT fun on the Canyon CF






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Friday, 11 June 2021

Rides and Rehab + Kit Stuff

It has been over a month since my last update. Quite a lot going on but no racing due to my hip problem. I should have raced the Darley Moor Duathlon end of May 21 but no way was the hip ready to run hard. Basically, I continue to rehab myself back to running. I hit the rehab too hard to begin with and made it worse I think!


As I type this my hip feels much better and I am progressing a run/walk protocol. Never done this before but t seems a really good way to return to running. 


The weather has improved in June and this has enabled me to really test the Giant TCR mega-bike! This bike is simply awesome. The power transfer is amazing and the electronic gears make everything so slick. I have led a couple of NTC Saturday Group rides on the TCR; so it has had a real test over the last few weeks. I had a full gas blast up Alsager's Bank (local climb of 1.5k). This climb really kicks up near the top but the bike was amazing. I managed to get in the top 10, averaging 343W for 3:43! 




I think every Blog entry will have a TCR pic from now on!

My old man eye sight was struggling with the old Garmin 500 head unit. So I splashed out on a Wahoo Roam Head Unit.


Wow! What a great piece of kit! Very happy with this gadget. Mainly because I can provide a live feed to Juebs; she can see where I am at any point in time. Also I can plan routes and get directions as I ride. I used this functionality whilst leading an NTC Group Ride and it was a real help.  I also loaded a starred that STRAVA segment for Alsager's Bank. The alert function flashed GO! at the start of the segment. Great fun to use when riding.

Ceebs has tested positive for COVID; so it is self-isolation for us now for 10 days. Just when I was getting back to running! So I am building the skipping and plyo work in the garden. Hopefully this will keep my running come back on track.

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