Wilier Twinfoil

BMC TM01

Ridley Noah (Good News)

Had a great bike ride today followed by an ez brick run.

IM pace WU for an hour and then 2x 30mins @ 85% of CP. On the 1st rep my hr was so low that I thought I have to go for it on the next one as I haven't done a bike test in a while. (Don't tell my coach!) To cut a long story short I now have new best ever bike stats and at last a greater than 4W/Kg power to weight ratio. It may not seem like much to some of you bike ninjas out there but I'm a big guy for a triathlete and it now means I can back off the intensity at Roth and still produce a decent bike split.

Gettin' it done.

Neilly G

Cipollini RB1000 (Weekly Round Up)

Look at those colours. That bike should have come out during triathlon's glorious 1980s fluorescent phase.

Pretty hard week. With a fucking hard 1/2 Mary Trail Race which was very hilly in Bourne Woods. The last 2miles were absolutely hardcore. It must have been carnage further back in the field during the last 4miles. I put in a solid effort (although the time of 1:41 looks a bit rubbish) and came 19th (I think) out of about 180 but it was most definitely a personal worst style course. There were still 130 people to finish when I left the venue to go home on about 2hrs and this was definitely no advertised fun run. A successful IM trg run with the WU and CD added in I guess. My turbo diesel engine feels pretty rock solid at the moment ready for Roth in July. Once I get going I don't seem to slow down.

I also had 3 really hard, successful bike rides this week indicating to me that my IM distance bike prep is all there (famous last words I know). Only managed one swim though but it was pretty fast and open water so at least I've kept up some wetsuit fitness. Had to take a day off though as I had a MSc weekend which got in the way a bit on Saturday.

1x Swim - 1hr
3x Bike - 8hrs
3x Run - 3hrs

Off to Spain tomorrow on holiday. Hopefully the sun will be shining in Andalusia for a few bike rides and a bit of sightseeing with my wife and son over the next 2 weeks.

Gettin' it done.

Neilly G

Litespeed Archon (Weekly Round Up)

Another decent week including a 2.5hr run and sprint tri race. However, sleep deprived due to baby/travel/MSc Module so had to be careful with intensity in general.

Swim (x3) - 1.5hrs
Bike (x4) - 8hrs
Run (x4) - 4hrs

Neilly G

Trek TTX 9.9 SSL (Weekly Round Up)

Training today: Excellent OWS today. 5 laps of 800m and a quick run off it. One lap with paddles on. Felt really good in the water.

Weekly round up:

Swim (x3) 3hrs
Bike (x4) 8.5hrs
Run (x5) 4hrs

Total - 15.5hrs

Neilly G

Jordan Rapp's Shiv (and a Good Training Week)

Another good training week with a significant improvement in bike threshold on Wednesday.

A nice 2hr run today and an endurance swim. I am pooped as I forgot to eat until I got home after swimming.

Swim brick tomorrow aka a long OW swim followed by a run. :-)

8 weeks to go and looking good with my first triathlon of the year on Wednesday. Should be very painful as it's a sprint and I haven't done one in years.

Neilly G

Scott Foil

I want one!!! This has just pushed the Venge down in to 3rd place behind the Maxima on my Lottery win wish list.

1. Viner Maxima.
2. Scott Foil.
3. Specialized Venge.

Greg Mac had a nasty crash in a road race yesterday. Broken bones and road rash equals ouch. Get better soon mate.

Neilly G

Weekly Round Up (BH Ultralight)

New BH Ultralight is on the cards for production at only 10.5lbs!!! Nice.

Today's 90min run hurt for the first time in a long time. Apart from a 10M TT another recovery week is on the programme.

Weekly round up:

Swim - 0.5hr
Bike - 6hr
Run - 2.5hr

Total - 9hrs in a super ez week.

Neilly G

BH Aero

Trg today:

Bike - 10x 1min @ CP5; RI 1min.

Discovered where the local TTs are held today so I will be beasting myself every Thursday for the Spring and Summer in the local 10.

Neilly G

Test/Rest Week

Test week this week so backing off 'til Friday and then off to Mallorca for a big bike week.

Trg today:
Swim 45min
Bike 30min
Run 30min

Neilly G

Specialized Venge McLaren

Umm, I want one. This bike is now up there with the Viner Maxima and Wave Emotion.


Trg today:

Long Run - 2hr ez run.

This week's totals:
Swim - 2hrs
Bike - 11hrs
Run - 5hrs
Strength/Core - 1hr
Total - 19hrs

Neilly G

Canondale Supersix Ultimate

Trg today:
60min Force Bike
30min ez Run
45min Strength & Core

Neill G

Neil Pryde Alize

Racking up the training nicely, and the weather's bloody changed for the better at last!!!

Trg today: Double run day.

am 90min ez run.
pm 30min tempo run.

30min flop in the pool.

Neilly G

Unique - English b-skinny

Trg today: 4hr bike inc IM pace interval and a 15min T run.

Neilly G

Neo Exile

Trg today: 2hr ez run av hr 140bpm.

Neilly G

Stevens SLR

Trg today:

Bike: 60mins - vVO2 Max intervals.
Swim: 90mins - Strength Tempo (Paddles and Anti-paddles)

Neilly G

Guru Photon - 11lbs!!!

Trg today:

Run - 2hr sub 145bpm. Pretty ez but a bit slow due to some hard sessions yesterday.

Weekly totals: Swim 4hrs; Bike 8hrs; Run 5hrs. So 17hrs this week. Only missed one session. So pretty good for March. Coming together nicely, especially the running.

Neilly G

Look 695 Mondrian

Wednesday Triathlon Trg Day.

Not felt this healthy in all three sports, well, ever!
Swimming 'fast'; bike's IM pace is pretty close to best ever; and running long and frequently. Looking forward to adding some speed to the bike and a Mallorca trg camp next month.

Trg today:

Swim - 90min Power focus.
Bike - 90min Tempo.
Run - 30min Tempo brick.

Neilly G

Focus Izalco Pro

Great training day.

2hrs of running that felt very ez. No way I would have said that a couple of years ago.

Run 1 - 90mins ez.
Run 2 - 35mins tempo.

Neilly G