Training Log Archive: GD44

RTW

Talked to Jamie Newman on the way in and got the low down on his brother and his business. Celt Brewery went into administration and he sold the Celt Brewery brand. He's kept the premises and looking to re-start brewing under another name/business.

RHFW with Tim Wilkinson up to Gabalfa

Event: Cosmeston Evening Event
 

RTW

Lower body stretches

Front plank - 3 x 60s
Side plank - 3 x 45s each side

Pull ups - 2 x 7

Bicep curls
Triceps (on lat pull down machine)
Shoulder press (9kg)
Dumbbell press

Cardiff Bay to Cosmeston

SWOC evening event in Cosmeston, Green, 6.0km.

Nice little tussle with Mark Ponsford. Marcus did it in 30m 34s and 700m less distance!



Lost time:
- trying to go direct to 4 but decided to abandon and go long way around
- should have taken flatter route to 6
- i took a very long way around to 8
- #10
- #11 - went wrong way around the lake (long way around)

C • Map 1

Cosmeston to Whitchurch

Back ready for the Wales v Portugal match.

RTW - felt strong even though I'd only done Maratona on Sunday.

Ride to Morganstown from Cardiff Bay

MDC Run - Morganstown (Ty Nant) to The Garth

Big group with a few new faces. From Gwaelod, we ran up the disused railway line to the northern portal of the old tunnel which now runs through the quarry. But there was no path from there. So we traversed the eastern flanks of the quarry (outside) and up to the top. I had expected to see a path around the perimeter of the quarry edge but there was none to the south. We wanted to go south around the perimeter but had to go north i.e. the long way around.

A few went back down to the road but Emma B, Keri James, Tim Green and I went around the quarry in an anti-clockwise direction. They all loved it as they'd never been up there before.

We arrived last back in the car park at Ty Nant then headed off to Alan Stone's house for grub!

Ride from Ty Nant to home. Forgot to log the route so a guess.

Travel back from Italy to UK

Event: Maratona dles Dolomites
 

Maratona dles Dolomites Granfondo

A fantastic sportive/granfondo in the Italian Dolomites with Beppe. He was strong on the climbs but was not a good descender so I waited for him at the bottoms after being given the freedom to have some descending fun!

Moving time according to Strava was 7hr 21m. I could probably get my time down from a sub-8hr to 7hr 15m if given a little freedom. We lost time at the summits too when he needed to stretch and grab food etc.

Might go back one year.

Clothing
Shoes: Giro xx
Socks: X-Socks Trek Light
DHB leg warmers (worn in first half)
AJAX cycle shorts
MDC cycle top
Montane FEatherlite gilet
Endurancelife arm warmers
Giro helmet (with helmet cam - Garmin Virb Elite)
Buff (but took off on first climb)
Windproof: Montane thin but strong one (shiny material)
Carried but not worn: Montane Montane Minimus

Food:
Carried about 2 packs of shot bloks and about 5 gels. Also ate solid food at some of the fee stations. Food included jam cake (yum), cheese, salami, cheese and ham sandwiches, choc waffle chunks, coca cola, Enervit (Italian electrolyte drink), Water, fruit juice, bananas. Most summits had food.

Hydration: Carried 2 x 450 ml bottles. Refilled as and when needed. Not sure how much I drank to be honest.

Temp: Topped out at about 28 deg C I think. Was high teens when we started at about 7am.

I started with Beppe in the yellow pen because that's what Beppe had from the ballot. I had a blue pen ticket so I coudl have started ahead of him and the masses but we agreed to do it together. He suggested that I start in the blue and wait for me at the top but I declined.

Passo Pordoi: 48m 41s
Passo Sella: 34m 57s
Passo Giau: 1hr 8m
Passo Falzarego (from Pocol): 49m 25s

Beppe drove him and I from Albarella to Corvara then back to Colle Santa Lucia. We registered in Corvara for the Maratona.

Travel from UK to Italy. Got picked up by Beppe from Venice Marco Polo then he took us to Albarella resort where we stayed the night.