Sunday 30 September 2012

Long haul

4 miles drgging tetchy hormone charged shitland. 1 hour 4 mins av 119 max 154.

Saturday 29 September 2012

Back again

Tramp across the ridge looking for shitland. 2 hours 4 mins, av bpm 115 max 158. Found him. I rule.

Friday 28 September 2012

Thursday 27 September 2012

No gizmo

With R200 crippled I took Red MTB t work. Gentle plod, miss high velocity of R200. Brought MTB back in car which was fixed at garage.
Back at ranch reassessed damage to R200 and ordered parts from Ebay.

Wednesday 26 September 2012

Self inflicted

No training. Turned front wheel of R200 into a large pringle and wrecked front of bike by driving over it.

Tuesday 25 September 2012

Monday 24 September 2012

Long Haul

Took a trek across the ridge looking for pony. 2 hours 15 mins av bpm 108 max 160. Distance covered at least 7 miles.

Sunday 23 September 2012

Slow time

Not much done due to several family celebrations but a slow time anticlockwise circuit of the Bonsai Mountain, turned into a load carry thanks to neighbours donating apples for the pigs.

Saturday 22 September 2012

Tired

2000mtr row 8 mins
10k bike 19 mins 12 seconds
av bpm 148 max 161
Felt like hard work

Thursday 20 September 2012

Lardy day

No training.
More Chinese buffet.
Work it off tomorrow.
Bad left knee.

Tuesday 18 September 2012

Same different

No proper training. Ride to work and manic ride back. R200. Sunny. Headwind on way back. 122 bpm and 145 max.

Monday 17 September 2012

More of the same

No time for proper training so back on R200 for sprint to work and back 10 miles combined time less than 30 mins and av bpm 122 max 148

Sunday 16 September 2012

Stamina

After 6 days of short sprints on R200 it was time to get serious and do a proper load carry to get the stamina up so little t "volunteered" to be the weight as came with me on a 5 mile trek across the hills. 1.5 hours 108 av bpm 150 bpm max.

Saturday 15 September 2012

No rest

Not a "normal" weekend so back in the saddle of R200 6th day in a row.
R200 there and back 10 miles slow ride today 13.45 there and 17.12 back sore legs, sore left knee, sore back side. Fun riding though. Its a real buzz. Grin factor 10. Av bpm 128 max 139.

Friday 14 September 2012

Horse power

There on R200 and back again. 12 mins 21 seconds, 17 mins 32 seconds. Av bpm 128 max 139. Sunny. Strong head wind.

Half hour horsing around. Av bpm 20million.

Thursday 13 September 2012

People powered

There and back again on R200. 12mins 37 seconds there, 16 mins 32 seconds back. Av bpm 124 max 145. Sunny day. Head wind on way back. Seat bones sore. Sore left knee.

Wednesday 12 September 2012

Mr Blue Sky

Note to self, when going in to work late morning sun, be prepared when returning early evening for a sudden change in the weather.

5 miles in, nice and sunny.

5 miles back nice and rainy. Heavy wet stuff.

av 127 bpm max 138 bpm.

Tuesday 11 September 2012

There and back again

Sunshine! Hurrah!

5 mile there super quick

Sunshine. Headwind. I mean a real head wind.

5 mile back super slow.

Av 123 max 137

Monday 10 September 2012

BFT

New challenge set by he who cannot be named, pass the Basic Fitness Test by the end of play Sunday. This is a 44 pound load carry over two miles in 18 minutes. Easy. The 8 miles in less than two hours the week after is a tad harder.
Today. 5 miles R200 there and 5 miles R200 back. Torrential rain. Head wind. Sore left knee. Av bpm 138.

1.5 miles load carry. Halfway point torrential rain.

Sunday 9 September 2012

MSG payback

Three days of no training and two takeaways resulted in no energy and poor times on training today. But I persevered.

2000mtr row conceptII rower 8 mins 9 seconds
10k lvl 12 17 mins 29 seconds
1k stumble
2000mtr row conceptII rowere 8 mins 39 seconds
10k lvl 12 19 mins 8 seconds

Total time which includes "run", changing equipment, chasing pig from workshop and soothing ruffled feathers of Poppy the pathetic triever who got picked on by naughty pig 1hour 8mins 1 second. av bpm 138 max bpm 154.

Thursday 6 September 2012

Bicycle repairman

Rest day no training

R100 got taken to the repairshop. For some reason they didn't laugh and tell me to take him home. R100 should be roadworthy in 2 weeks.

Wednesday 5 September 2012

I feel the need, the need for speed!

Local work load meant taking badly set up R200 out

5 miles av 142bpm  max 158 bpm

30k "sprint" 1 hour 4 mins includes inner tube change on back wheel av 134bpm max 156bpm

Sore left knee and quads. Got to use new gas powered tyre inflator.

R100 is going in for repair tomorrow

Tuesday 4 September 2012

New PB

Late night training.
2km concept2 rower 8mins 20 seconds
10km bike 16mins 56seconds new PB

Av bpm 143 max 162bpm

Sore left knee

Get out on real bike tomorrow!

Monday 3 September 2012

More of the same

New mp3 player still wont produce any sound. Old MP3 player does but in alphabetical order. Interesting selection playing from the massed bands of the Highland Regiments to Napalm Death.

2.5km row ConceptII rower 10ns 24 seconds.
1km run
10k on bike 18mins 20 seconds

Total all 3 38 mins 40 seconds

Av bpm 143 max 160

Sore left knee

Sunday 2 September 2012

Mini Triathalon

Plan to get up early for a mega ride on R200 was overtaken by desire for sleep.

However, massive physical day.

Moved 1 ton of straw.

Moved more pooh, runways clear. All critters have nice clean play areas and beds.

2km row on ConceptII rower 8 mins 8 seconds (slow but sprints in it)
30 mins on bike 12.7 km hill sprints (80's electronic mash up)
1km run (yes this time I would class it as running rather than trying not to cry and fall over)

Heart rate av 137bpm max 161bpm.

Sore left knee, again, and right leg nerve pain.

Saturday 1 September 2012

Together again

R200 fixed
2km row 7.56 mins
10k bike 18.20mins
Shuttle runs
av 136 max 156 bpm