Archive for the ‘Sports’ Category
For Goodness Shakes! Sprint Triathlon – it’s tomorrow!
As I mentioned in my previous post, I won free entry into the For Goodness Shakes Sprint Triathlon and was only given 2 weeks notice. So I have been swimming in the Stantonbury 25m swimming pool on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday and discovered that I’m not a great swimmer. In fact I only managed to [...]
My first Triathlon is Looming – Sooner than I Thought!
Last Tuesday (9th June) I got an e-mail in my inbox telling me that I had won a prize in a competition… Me: Fantastic! Reading on: The prize is free entry into a Triathlon Me: That’s good I want to enter a Triathlon Reading on: It’s a Sprint Triathlon – 750m swimming (in a lake), [...]
First ‘Proper’ ride with my new Road Bike
I got my new bike on Thursday and went for a first ride by myself on Friday. After 3 miles I was pretty tired, but I kept on going and did 10 miles – see the GPS results. So I was a little bix anxious about the 35 – 40 mile ride with Team Milton [...]
I’ve Bought a Road Bike! (Trek Madone 4.7)
I bought a new mountain bike in January and just 5 months on I’ve bought a road bike! Over the past 18 months I have competed in several Adventure Races which are great fun, but there is always an element of luck in them because competitors can choose multiple routes. So I would like to try [...]
Questars Race 2 – 30 May 2009 – Brecon Beacons, South Wales
Race 2 was held in the Brecon Beacons at a slightly different location to the place last year. Last year I competed with Dave in the 5 hour version and Steve did it on his own (6 hour version). This time I teamed up with Steve and we did the Masters trio (6 hours, 3 [...]
Going Tubeless!
In my last Adventure Race, I got 2 punctures. The time it took me to fix them resulted in Steve and I ending up in 17th place when we should have been in around 8th place. I think the punctures were just a result of bad luck as I was using good wheels, tyres and [...]
I’ve been Racing Boats – at Port Solent, Portsmouth
Every year at work, Deloitte have a boating regatta weekend, but this is the first time that my division was invited to it. So when the e-mail came around I replied to say that I would like to go. They have 250 places for the 2 days, with 20 boats per day. As the event [...]
I’ve been Rock Climbing in Spain!
A few weeks ago my friend Dave asked if I wanted to go to the south of Spain (near Alicante) for a weeks rocks climbing holiday, starting the 28th March with 7 other people. Being the adventurous person that I am I said yes. The only snag was that I was doing a 6 hour [...]
Questars Race 1 – 28 March 2009 – New Forest, Hampshire
I entered Race 1 of the 2009 Questars Adventure Race with Steve. We entered the 6 hour Questars Trio format as mens pair team, so it was mountain biking, running and kayaking. The morning started off very cold. I looked around and I was the only person in shorts and t-shirt, so I nipped over [...]
Got the new Mobile – and have entered another 6 hour Adventure Race!
A nice Royal Mail courrier knocked on my door this morning and handed me an HTC Touch HD. I carefully unwrapped it, took it to work and charged it at my desk. Then I called O2 and got the on the ‘special’ number discussed here http://www.modaco.com/content/blackstone-blackstone-modaco-com/278122/unlimited-web-on-o2-can-you-use-for-other-apps/. I was in a queue for about 30 seconds, [...]