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Kit notes and some hilly training
Kit note 1
I've now got my Brooks Flyer Aged saddle. I did a three hour ride this morning and it's great. I do need to treat it with Brooks proprietory stuff called Proofide Leather Dressing. This will waterproof the underside of the saddle. I paid extra for the Aged version which has softer leather and should break in faster. In fact after a ( Read more... ) -
GPS Track #1
First ride after a week off with some vague illness and first ride with GPS tracking. Performance of self and technology could have been better. I was pretty slow and the Nokia operating system kept prompting me to allow network access as it doesn't trust GPSed and the phone and receiver stopped talking to each other occasionally hence the straight ( Read more... ) -
GPS Update
Getting the phone (Nokia 6500Slide)and the GPS receiver(GlobalSat BT-338) talking has turned out to be quite easy:- Download the Java GPSed application from http://gpsed.com/mobile?java_symbian
- Connect phone to Nokia PC Suite to laptop via Bluetooth
- Copy downloaded file onto the phone using the Application Installer
- Pair the receiver and the phone. ( Read more... )
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A poor week
I've not been feeling very well since just before Easter-"poor digestive transit" as the biotics adverts have it. Resorted to Sennacot for the first time in my life and am feeling better (Ugh, TMI, I hear you all cry!). The upshot is that I've not done any serious training this week but hopefully a short break won't lose me too much condition. I ( Read more... ) -
The Power of Porridge
I've been busy this week on other things, like the allotment but I have managed two runs of the Callisto Aries course (16Km), which I'd previously done a few times in February. The statisitcs are interesting:
Date
Time
Speed (Km/h)
Power (watts)
Cadence (rpm)
Pulse (bpm)
Avg
Max
Avg
Max
Avg
Max
Avg
Max
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1st long run and some thoughts on nutrition
Today I have done about 50 miles (no computer) in 6hrs elapsed, which included a good hour of stops so around 10 mph average which is quite pleasing. I went from home to Merthyr up the Lon Las and back. I was using the heart rate monitor for the fiirst time. On the way out which is basically up hill al the way the monitor was bleeping as I was ( Read more... ) -
Good Progress
Good progress on the fitness front: last Friday I did the Olympus Apollo course 7 mins faster than my prveious best coming in at a tad over 55min for 20.4Km. What's more, this is almost 20 minutes faster than my first attempt back at the start of February. This is a huge improvement. As I mentioned in a previous post I now have a Polaris heart ( Read more... ) -
More on kit
I went to the Bike Shed to buy new brake cable. I also complained gently about the wear on the saddle.
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Some kit decisions & problems
Decisions first. I've been coveting a Garmin Edge 305 with cadence and Heart rate monitor but couldn't bring myself to spend the asking price. It is also becoming apparent that my gel saddle bought last year is falling apart and I have received two recommendations for a Brooks saddle. Total possible expenditure ~£320. I have now found out that ( Read more... ) -
I've been on radio
I had the interestig experience of appearing on Jamie and Louise on Radio Wales yesterday. You can hear it here (start 1:37hr in) until next Tuesday. All very friendly and easy to chat to. We talked about the Lon Las Challenge and why I was doing it. Was able to get the "Live strong with cancer" message over too.
Both presenters thought I'd done ( Read more... )
