Training - What Training?!

18 hours this week.

Two easy days Friday and sat with one very very hard 20 min indoor bike in there somewhere.

Today was 130 km bike ride
Hunters loop x 12, climbing quite well considering I’m carrying 2.5 l at the start and 11/25 on the rear.

Touch under 29 kph, nutrition good, neck a bit sore

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Is daisymount to the airport road (very old A30) still rideable, or has cranbook made it too busy, that was a pretty good TT road wasn’t it, part of a road race circuit and flattish and all in the TT bars, roundabout at both ends?

It’s a bit grotty now with Cranbrook, skylark, airpark etc. May be alright first thing though.

I tried the plateau below Taunton today. Awliscombe to Blagdon Hill.

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10km this morning
42:01

TOW Stage 5 tonight - 1:30 / 262 W NP / 0.80 / 114HR

17 hours this week
17km of swimming

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When my parents moved back to England from Jersey, they lived just off your route today (Willand/Stapley) & one thing I remember is that it was as hilly as, in every direction. Then they moved to Torquay and that was hilly too.

Later I lived in Cornwall and now Dorset & have come to appreciate that once you get out of the Somerset Levels, the whole SW peninsula is basically red neck hill country.

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You never get out of the Somerset levels, we’re like Children of the Corn. :smile:

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Planning on 10km today but will do it later. It’s absolutely a pea souper out there today.

10 x 200m off 3:30
1km pull and paddles
450m Fins and snorkel

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Started one of Matt Fitzgerald’s 80/20 plans today.

Decided I need something solid to follow or I just go through the motions.

Nice easy 30 minute Zone 2 run.

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8.2km - nice and steady

Stunning morning out there

Pushed me to 1000.2km running this year

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No

Balls out ?

Watch that injury ?!?

Bloody hell it’s only April !

I won’t do that this year.

Well done.

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F00ked today
:joy::joy::joy:

Rest day.

Reckon Easter has caught up with me, plus the 0530 wake up calls for last weeks swims.
Oh…and the Friday-Sunday sessions this week :man_shrugging:t4:

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back on the rower this morning

2km warm up and then 8 x 1km with 45 secs “rest” between each. kept the same pace for the 1st 7 and then went for it on the last one.

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Spending my day pissing around with the TT bike…club 10 on Wednesday :scream:

Might be a bit early in the season for a 55-42 :see_no_evil::open_mouth:

53-39?
Reckon I’ll stick with the 50-34.

TT wheels have gone on.
And no, I don’t have a bike stand.
I’ve been tinkering like this for decades and it’s never caused me an issue, so :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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What size tyres can the exo take…?

I did my long ride on a 23 rear as that’s the biggest that bike can take, my neck and upper back are sore now.

My mate has two of them, he did a great 12 hour ride last year on his, says it’s mint.

28mm those rear tires.
Comfy little badgers so they are

I’m actually quite pisse@ off with that !

I thought you were going to say 23, 25 max!

Makes a massive difference on today’s roads, a guy from tri Preston was spectating at the 2 up yesterday, nice tt rig, I’m sure he had 30 mm tyres on it, they’ve were huge.

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Those tyres are grippy AF!

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The Conti GP5000 clinchers are truly amazing.
The one (tractor drafting ego-boosting) ride I’ve had on them was superb.

The Vittoria Corsa tubulars are just rapid.
No need for grip with those :rofl:
Straight line speed.

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