Well done to all my friends that ran the London Marathon today.
Mark Betts in 2:50:37 (h:m:s)
Penny Edward in 3:10:53 and winning her age group.
Anne Flannigan 3:12:04
Darryl Davis 3:19:46
Steve Kemp 3:44:15
Fellow trainee Ironman Sam Kingston in 3:45:47
Graham Bainger 4:06:24
Darren Powell 4:28:53
And newbee runner Tracey Greer 6:16:59.
Sunday, 22 April 2007
Sunday, 15 April 2007
Ironman week 14 of 24
Earlier in the week I commented as I passed through the 400mile barrier for the year to date.
I've subsequently broken through a few more little milestones. Yesterday morning riding to the swimming pool took me through the 2,000mile mark, riding afterwards and then again this morning has taken me through the 2,500mile mark for all three disciplines together and swimming this afternoon has taken me through the 60mile mark for the year. Oh, and I've now riden over 8,000miles on the Giant OCR2 bike that I bought as my first bike. Incidentally last weekend was the 3rd aniversary of my cycling hobby.
Totals for the week: 5.1mile Swim, 238mile Bike and 23.1mile Run.
Totals for the year are 2,587.2miles (4,162.8km) comprising 60.6miles Swim, 2,182miles bike and 404.7miles run.
Norwich to Babylon is 2,541miles. :-)
I've subsequently broken through a few more little milestones. Yesterday morning riding to the swimming pool took me through the 2,000mile mark, riding afterwards and then again this morning has taken me through the 2,500mile mark for all three disciplines together and swimming this afternoon has taken me through the 60mile mark for the year. Oh, and I've now riden over 8,000miles on the Giant OCR2 bike that I bought as my first bike. Incidentally last weekend was the 3rd aniversary of my cycling hobby.
Totals for the week: 5.1mile Swim, 238mile Bike and 23.1mile Run.
Totals for the year are 2,587.2miles (4,162.8km) comprising 60.6miles Swim, 2,182miles bike and 404.7miles run.
Norwich to Babylon is 2,541miles. :-)
Friday, 13 April 2007
400 Miles Running
Two runs yesterday took me to 400miles so far for 2007. I joined Ian Gregory for a 6 mile lunchtime run and then in the evenings joined Steve Kemp for a 7 mile run as part of the Norwich Road Runner session.
Thursday, 12 April 2007
Ironman Week 13 of 14
Not too surprisingly, running was hard this week. 12.8miles including the Broome 10k. Congratulations to my Tri-Anglia colleague Nicola McIvor who won the Ladies race. I then marshalled the Trowse 10k rather than run it.
Managed to get plenty of cycling in though. 153miles including 100miles involving the 100k Bungay Audax
Easter weekend restricted swimming club sessions though, so only one swim.
Managed to get plenty of cycling in though. 153miles including 100miles involving the 100k Bungay Audax
Easter weekend restricted swimming club sessions though, so only one swim.
Tuesday, 3 April 2007
Ironman Week 12 of 24 - Half Way
After the disruptions to the week 11 schedule week 12 proved very slow to get started. I had shin splints running on the Monday and Wednesday which fortunately passed before the marathon on the Sunday.
The marathon was not on the official schedule, but was in my adaptation which means that week 12 was a bumper running week with 42miles. As such the cycling was reigned in a little to 105miles. It was a good week swim wise where I managed to attend EAST sessions. I also managed to fit in 3 functional stability sessions. So in all a very good week.
Half way to Ironman Switzerland now. The first two 6 week phases of the training plan are done and now we (myself and the other Tri-Anglia members of the Swiss Seven) enter into the third phase which is the Ironman Specific phase. There is going to be a lot of cycling over the next few weeks. Fortunately it's Easter this weekend coming so four days away from work with a 100k Audax on Saturday, if I ride to the start and back that'll be a nice round 100miles.
The marathon was not on the official schedule, but was in my adaptation which means that week 12 was a bumper running week with 42miles. As such the cycling was reigned in a little to 105miles. It was a good week swim wise where I managed to attend EAST sessions. I also managed to fit in 3 functional stability sessions. So in all a very good week.
Half way to Ironman Switzerland now. The first two 6 week phases of the training plan are done and now we (myself and the other Tri-Anglia members of the Swiss Seven) enter into the third phase which is the Ironman Specific phase. There is going to be a lot of cycling over the next few weeks. Fortunately it's Easter this weekend coming so four days away from work with a 100k Audax on Saturday, if I ride to the start and back that'll be a nice round 100miles.
2007 Charity Fund Raising
As my legs are still sore today from Sunday's marathon I thought I'd plug my fund raising activities this year for Action Medical Research. I have also now set-up an online fundraising page to make it really easy for money to be paid to Action Medical Research due to my activities. Rob's AMR sponsorship page.
The big event for me this year is Ironman Switzerland and all the training that goes with that. The training includes the 5k Swimathon and the Bungay Marathon both are big events in their own rights. I'm also going to ride in Action Medical Research's Castle 100 and their London to Paris bike ride.
You can sponsor me for any of these events at the link above (which is www.action.org.uk/~robertlines).
If you'd rather make a donation to Marie Curie who are the main charity behind the swimathon that can be done at www.swimathon.org
I'm also involved in a massive project for a new club house and boat house for Norwich Canoe Club and Norwich Rowing Club that would create a sporting centre of excellence. More on that at a later point.
The big event for me this year is Ironman Switzerland and all the training that goes with that. The training includes the 5k Swimathon and the Bungay Marathon both are big events in their own rights. I'm also going to ride in Action Medical Research's Castle 100 and their London to Paris bike ride.
You can sponsor me for any of these events at the link above (which is www.action.org.uk/~robertlines).
If you'd rather make a donation to Marie Curie who are the main charity behind the swimathon that can be done at www.swimathon.org
I'm also involved in a massive project for a new club house and boat house for Norwich Canoe Club and Norwich Rowing Club that would create a sporting centre of excellence. More on that at a later point.
Monday, 2 April 2007
Bungay Marathon
Yesterday I ran the Bungay Marathon. It was my second Marathon and I ran it over an hour faster than my previous Marathon. I covered the undulating two lap course in a time of 3:39:15 (h:m:s).
Feeling pretty pleased with that.
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Feeling pretty pleased with that.
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