One of my big goals for 2012 was to manage some training every week, no matter what else was going on. To that end, a parkrun with my brother-in-law and a mate, ticks the box on the final Saturday of the year.
Result: 18:45 (21st/286 overall)
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Only a few Saturdays left this year, and nearly a month since my last parkrun. I’m enjoying that I don’t even have to think about whether I’m going until 8:35 a.m. and don’t worry if I’m not feeling 100%.
Result: 18:54 (7th/166 overall)
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After a fortnight mostly in the gym, I was feeling the need to do something fast-paced outside. I could have plumped for parkrun, but I happened across this local cross-country race which looked like it could be lots of fun.
Result: 9th/176 overall (36:08)
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Another Saturday, another parkrun. Not perfect but better than my first parkrun last week.
Result: 18:47 (4th/224 overall)
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The last couple of weeks have been about preparing for next year. I need to write up my awesome bike fit session at Athlete Service in Henley last week, but I’ve also been working out with Nic how to split my winter training time. One thing we agreed was that I should try to keep a race distance run in my weekly programme. Having come across parkrun for the first time earlier this year, and been along to watch Em run it, it looks like it would definitely fit the bill on winter Saturdays. So, this morning, off I went.
Result: 19:12 (11th/244 overall)
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First race of 2012 was a duathlon. And so’s the last one.
Result: 21st/140 overall
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Phew. It’s October. And this should be the penultimate race report of the year!
Result: 44th/1310 finishers in 1:28:41 (and Sony won the corporate men team prize!)
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This is an event I really enjoyed back in 2007; I don’t know why it’s taken this long to do it again! Budgie Johnson, Andy Gajraj and I were Team TRI Harder then, and this time around we would be 3 Wise Monkeys.
Result: 11th team / 94
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Sunday was Reading Triathlon, in glorious sunshine. I had ended up selecting to sprint (750m/23km/5km) rather than do the Oly (1500m/46km/10km), having had a lacklustre few weeks training/healthy living-wise over the school hols.
Result: 11th/253 overall
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Entered Eastleigh Aquathlon series race 4 tonight just to ensure I managed one training session this week between camping and Paralympics. Arrived at 18:05 with Em and kids, having driven thru showers and into sun from Bstoke. Got my race number and swim hat, and then after getting numbered on my arm but before my shin… Thunder and lightning…
Result: Race cancelled 🙁
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