Sno Good….
December 6th, 2008 by Andy NicollWell that’s been a grotty week hasn’t it….
Last Sunday morning I had a great run for a couple of hours over Ilkley Moor - it was freezing cold with ice on the ground, no mud but plenty of grip. It was the perfect morning for a long run so I made the most of my kids’ footy matches being called off and took to the hills.
Monday I cycled to work and on the way home as cold water trickled down between my butt cheeks I thought to myself “I really should have put my mudguard back on!!!”
Since then I’ve been crocked with a cold - a gift from my wife who has been struggling with a bad dose of girl-flu for the past couple of weeks.
Anyway on the postive side, it was a great time to have a cold and be laid off running as the snow and ice meant that it would have been pretty much impossible to do much anyway. I still managed my 2 dog walks each day to keep the old joints from seizing up.
It’s Saturday now and I think I’ve beaten my cold through a bout of ‘positive thinking’ I’m just at the green custard stage now - it looks very pretty in the snow!!!
I’m all psyched up again now after just talking to a chap (Rob Thackery) about his sub 10 hour Ironman so tomorrow I’m going to try another long trot over the moors - hope the weather holds.
I’d like to do an Ironman sometime soon but the training commitment is huge because of the three different events. I used to swim a lot as kid but not anymore - to get to a point where I could do 5 miles open water would be a massive challenge (and that’s before 100 miles on the bike and a marathon).
Tags: Cold, Cycled, ice, ilkley moor, ironman, marathon, Mudguard, run, snow
December 11th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
…but mudguards are for sissys Andy..thats why you took it off in the first place !
December 23rd, 2008 at 10:09 am
HI andy, reading your message brought back memories of my “ironman” experience, the 220 marathon triathlon 1990. I agree the training commitment is immense but just concentrate on the first two disciplines ie being fit enough to get out of the water and feel like you want to get on a bike and then again feel good enough to want to run when you get off the bike - I did that with hardly any running training and completed the marathon leg 3:37. total time of 11:27 (If I remember) by just swimming and cycling - with all that training all you have to do is put one foot infront of the other for 1 mile x 26 with a feed at every mile !! go on ‘ave it !!!