Lunch Break

Trained for an hour with Gordon over lunchtime.

Yesterday:
breakfast: bacon, egg and toast
snack: cashew nuts and pear
lunch: burger and jerk pork (BBQ)
dinner: French blue cheese and a bottle of shiraz
other booze: 2 Stellas
weight: 13 st 9

Ashtray clothes and miss lonelyheart`s pen

"It took a lost weekend in a hotel in Cardigan
And double vodka's in a single room
And the sickest joke was the price of the medicine
Are you laughing at me now may I please laugh along with you"

I can hardly believe that I am back in the office already ! What the hell happened to the weekend ?

Grindhouse

12 km exercise bike hills level 10
SMR

Yesterday's Fuel
lunch: chicken and coleslaw
dinner: cicken and apricot curry with peas pulao rice
booze: 1 Fosters, 5 Stellas
weight: 13 st 8

Treadmill

6 km run on the treadmill, 3 x 10 incline sit ups, Muay Thai leg stretches.

Yesterday's Fuel
breakfast: bacon, beans, eggs and toast
lunch: spicy lamb and salad hot wrap courtesy of Gianni at the Mills
dinner: sweetcorn, beans, fishfinger, bread and dripping, banana
weight: 13 st 8
booze: 7 Stellas

A dap in the Sahara !

I have a terrible thirst !

Chin Up

3x10 each bench presses, deadlifts, barbell shoulder presses, pull ups, squats, and barbell rows followed by an undignified leg stretch for which I know no name.

Smashed my chin with the bar once on a shoulder press but otherwise OK. Will tweak each weight up a little next time.

yesterday's fuel
breakfast: weetabix
lunch: none - Garfield no show
dinner: none - in casaulty with Ben
snack: apple
booze: plenty red wine
weight: 13 st 4

Requires one hell of a constitution!!

Tried a little home grown SMR last night, felt like a bit of a twit so I proceeded to the pub for solace. The oats worked just fine than you for asking.

Later tonight a little BBQ ( preferable to SMR in my opinion ) is on the cards in readiness for a slightly larger Saturday - Sunday tour with the founding fathers of the pub.

Given the assault upon all of our constitutions I think a little Benjamin Franklin may be in order. We will all have to ratify no matter what state we are in.

We the People of The Barn, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Libertines to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the annual trip to Cardigan.

Toper

The last time I tucked into a nutritious feast of oats and honey I managed to complete a triathlon.
Oats as a source of energy to preserve well being - check !

I have just had another bowl, they work with exercise, I wonder how they will fare as alcohol fodder ?
If you are prepared to read the results I am prepared to undertake the research !
Me as a source of income to preserve local hostelries - check !

Or should I go to the gym ???

Clairvoyance

I'm going to do 500m in the pool while Ben has his swimming lesson later today so - as the chances of me failing to do that are small - without tempting fate, I thought I my as well record it now.

Yesterday's Fuel
breakfast: yogurt
lunch:none
dinner: tuna, tomato and spinach sauce with pasta
booze: none
weight: 13 st 8

Back in the Saddle

12 km exercise bike hills level 10
3x10 incline sit ups
SMR

Yesterday's Fuel
breakfast: blueberry muffin
lunch: sushi
dinner: chicken, chips and peas
late night snack: chicken and grapes
booze: Man U v Milan worth of Stella
weight: 13 st 9

As good as a rest

A slight change of pace last night - given that the Childline Triathlon is done.
A knock about on the Squash court followed by a relaxed swim and sauna. All extremely in the Bond !
On the downside, I nipped into the Jacuzzi for a moment and the chlorine bubbling to the surface burned my eyes till they were cherry red and streaming tears. Only one, time honoured, trench favoured remedy for that - a trip to the bar !
This morning my optical recovery is complete. I thought that may be the case given the amount of 'medicine' I had !

Back to Basics

I wouldn't be surprised if I've lost some strength with all the aerobic training of the last quarter. Hence to the gym lunchtime for some compound exercises. 3 sets each of

bench presses
deadlifts
barbell shoulder press
pull ups
squats
barbell rows

2-hydroxypropanoic acid fermentation

My thighs are still hurting from the exertions of Sunday morning !
I wonder if I under trained ?

Old's Cool

As relaxation from Mountain biking and triathlons, I attended my first Muay Thai session last night. More detail will almost certainly appear in a few days on the main blog.

Yesterday's Fuel.
breakfast: bacon, egg, mushrooms and toast
lunch: Tesco ploughman's wedge
late night snack: Cadbury's creme egg
booze: 5 Stellas
weight: 13 st 8

Organ transplants are best left to professionals

Worked over the lunch hour with Gordon as my sights are now implacably trained on The Springfield.

Childline Challenge's Fuel and Refuel
breakfast: porridge with honey
snack: banana and welsh cake
dinner: steak, garlic mushrooms and chips
weight: 13 st 10
booze: 6 Stellas

It is nice to have a bicycle that will....

....Never Let Me Down !

The next Triathlon for me will be held in the Zi Duang province of eastern country.

Jinxy come back 'cause the Strongbow's all gone !

The excess of the weekend has caught up on me, I would not have it any other way. Yesterday afternoon and evening carb loading with La Moto was very much in the bond ! A large thank you if you are reading this, and thank you all for the support, succor, Stella and Strongbow which managed to haul me through the Challenge.
I have just returned from half an hour in the Jacuzzi which has helped to ease my aching muscles.
No training as such today but I will return !

What is your prediction for the day after the Tri ?

Pain !

Hard Like Sunday Morning

Well the challenge is complete - details will follow. Roll on Corsham and Neath.

Yesterday's Fuel
brunch: bacon sarnie and coffee
dinner: plenty barbecue courtesy of John and Jo
booze: plenty Stella
weight: 13 st 11 when I got back to London.

Hunky Dory

When I got on that bike on April 22nd I was ready. I was ready because Nick made me ready. We were eating lightning and crapping thunder !
Thank God I took the Skewen Shaulin approach to training. Holistic, holistic that is the Hemming way. Body, mind and soul all finely tuned with a common goal. Bow and Bowie is the only way to train for a Triathlon.

Poor Nick

"Ch Ch Ch Ch Chain-gives !"

Andiamo. More of the same oh so very soon !

Easy Like Sunday Morning

16 km mountain biking at Afan Argoed.

Yesterday's Fuel
breakfast: bacon, scrambled egg and tomato ketchup in a pitta
lunch: tuna and sweetcorn baguette
snack: pasty
dinner: chicken dhansak, sag aloo, pulau rice
booze: plenty Stella
weight: no scales on tour