Crazy weather February 2019

Ramping it up.

Training has just started to ramp up a bit and I have really been enjoying using The Sufferfest app alongside my new smart turbo. When its cold wet and windy outside I'd much rather be set up for a good session in my pain cave which used to be our living room !

Apparently at one point I was trying so hard at a swimming session I burst my swim cap !

Enjoying the club winter series way too much

We had the 5th running of the club winter 5 and 10 km timed run. This is great fun with runners generally setting off in pairs about 10 seconds apart. It really is a race against the clock but for me its great to start a few people back so that I have people to chase. Not my fastest time this one but always a good effort as its a tough route with several hills. Coffee back at the leisure centre afterwards to warm up with the rest of the club runners.

Sweating it out in the pain cave (note the dew drop)

Queen of the mountain, February sunshine 

I was intending to race in a low key local duathlon on the 24th, you could enter on the day so I held off to see what the weather was going to be like! Race day morning came round and the weather in Malvern was very foggy. But, I decided to go along to race HQ in Peopleton as sometimes the fog can be quite localised. However, not on this occasion! It really was a pea souper and conditions seemed to be getting worse. All participants were hanging around wondering whether or not to race and waiting to see what decision was to be made by the race offical and the organisers. The start was to be delayed an until 10am and also it was to be a run only event, with the fog proving to make the bike leg too dangerous. I decided not to pay the race entry and instead came home to do a 'run, turbo, run' ....which personally I think was a good move.








February weather has been crazy ! Really warm for a couple of days. It was fantastic to take advantage of this and ride in shorts and run in shorts and T shirt on the Malvern hills ! But then litteraly a couple of days later  the same week back in fleecy base layers, and windproofs !

I went to a charity auction in aid of raising some money to help one of our younger Malvern Triathlon club members out as he has been selected for the BTF west midlands academy. Over £1000 was raised for him and I successfully bid for a couple of signed caps and a Tshirt from long distance elite triathlete Nikki Bartlett ! Good fun and all for a good cause. Several elite triathletes and runners donated signed items including GB Tri suits, books and posters.




Of course all training has been fueled and refueld by Tailwind Nutrition UK.  All you need, all day, really.

As you were February... 2 days after the sunny pic !

So, with this weather change again it seems March is coming in like a lion,...with it go out like a lamb? Watch this space...more next month! Happy training.