cycling
Taking a HIT
You can read my article in yesterday’s Guardian here about high-intensity interval training (HIT) and the remarkable effects it has shown in not just healthy fit subjects but also overweight, sedentary and diabetic ones. Below is the advice I got from Professor Jamie Timmons regarding how to apply HIT in the ‘real world’ in two [...]
Back on the start line
Sunday saw my first race in more than six months - the inaugural Sussex Triathlon at the stunning Ashburnham Place, near Battle. I took on the Sprint Distance, thinking to myself ‘how hard can it be to do a 5km after a quick swim and bike ride?’ But let me tell you, it was pretty [...]
Giving it another tri
When I first discovered triathlon, back in 2006, I skipped off into the sunset with my new sport, leaving trusty running behind. The affair lasted 3 years, but eventually the simplicity and purity of running won out, and tri training lost its appeal. But my heart is wanderin’ again, and I’ve decided to line up a [...]
Running - pure and simple
I have some niggles that are niggling enough to force me to take my own advice and cross-train instead of run, for now. So I thought I’d go out on my road bike, on a 20-mile loop . Ten minutes later, having finally located my long cycling tights and thermal jersey, I got my bike out the shed, pumped [...]
Pedalling - the spin
There’s a hot debate raging at the moment regarding the pedal stroke - some cycling experts insist that clipless pedals and toe clips are essential, in order to enable you to ‘pull’ on the upstroke as well as push on the downstroke. Others, however, contest that there is no need whatsoever to ‘pull’ the pedals [...]