August was a varied month for Team PI, Irina ran a LOT of mileage again, preparing for the Bristol Half on 15th September, and Paul had his first two swims in a wetsuit, first in the sea of South Devon and then at our local lake Triathlon Training Centre (I’ll blog about that after my next visit).
Meanwhile it is a testing time physically, mentally and emotionally with both of our jobs reaching their [very intense!] busiest time of the year in the next week or two. We’ve been trying to keep the training up (which is also a stress reliever and source of enjoyment), and been carefully managing our energy levels through sensible nutrition.
Paul also went on a two day mountain navigation course in Shropshire at the Long Mynd, with Marshall Cale of Love The Hills, which was fantastic and I’ll need to get out and practise soon to solidify those new skills! Hoping to use them to do some camping/hiking and solo hikes next year.
Paul’s August Running: 17.9 Miles
Paul’s August Cycling: 49.9 Miles
Paul’s August Swimming: 1.7 Miles
Paul’s August Hiking: 16 Miles
Irina’s August Running: 84.4 Miles!!
Irina is penciled in for the 25th Bristol Half Marathon on the 15th, unfortunately Paul has to work that day! However, Paul is hoping to find a suitable Sprint distance Triathlon to fit into the busy next month, watch this space…
Paul.
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July was an interesting month for us, both started new jobs and I saw the end of my old 12 hour shift pattern which included regular nights. These were definitely having a negative impact on my training goals, and since the change to good old Mon-Fri 9-5 working I have been able to significantly increase my strength and conditioning training, which I’m very happy about! 😀
I’m working on some way to collate those workouts and present data on how much both of us do aside from running, cycling and swimming (as much to keep for our own records as to share with you!).
Irina ran the very hilly and hot Frome Half Marathon this month and posted a very impressive time of 1:57! Her mileage last month with the training for that is seriously impressive!! Her dreams of running a marathon must surely be set to come true next year…
Paul’s July Running: 26.5 Miles
Paul’s July Cycling: 77.5 Miles
Paul’s July Swimming: 4 Miles
Irina’s July Running: 85.3 Miles!!
Irina’s July Cycling: 7.8 Miles
We’re off camping for a long weekend this weekend, where I hope to do some sea swimming in my new (and first ever) Triathlon wetsuit. Can’t wait to experience the major difference in swimming in a wetsuit having never done this before… I’m also doing a basic Mountain Leading Navigation Course in August, which will hopefully pave the way (pun intended! ;)) for some solo hiking/camping expeditions and more exciting hikes for TeamPI in the future.
Here’s to new jobs, more training and seeing better results! Bring on August… 8)
Paul.
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Well June has been one hell of a month for TeamPI!! We went on holiday to Scotland and did lots of mountain walks including some quality scrambling and bouldering. On our return we both started in brand new jobs as well! Knackered doesn’t even describe how tired we were at the end of the month, lol!
Anyway, we still managed to get some mileage in around all this, and have measured and included our hikes from Scotland too (although not including lots of shorter days all spent on the feet and sightseeing).
These next weeks will be very trying, Paul is moving from 12 hour day and night shift patterns back into a busy office / management role and Irina is taking on a LOT more management responsibility in her new position, so we have a new life/work/fitness balance to strike, which will no doubt be testing, but we are very determined to not let our great progress and fitness goals slip…
We firmly believe that excellent nutrition, good training plans, and realistic (but challenging) goals are the key to success, and that there is no real reason that a busy job or lifestyle should stop you! (People seem all to happy to make excuses or procrastinate their way out of their ideals). Not TeamPI! 😉
Paul & Irina’s Joint Hiking Mileage in June: 40.7
Paul’s June Running: 14 Miles
Paul’s June Cycling: 10.9 Miles
Paul’s June Swimming: 0.6 Miles
Irina’s June Running: 47.1 Miles
Irina’s June Cycling: 7.7 Miles
Due to financial constraints, Paul’s summer Triathlon plans have to take a back seat for now, but Irina is running the Frome Half Marathon in a few weeks, which looks like it will be a great new experience and a tough hilly run!
Time to ramp up that training…
Paul. 🙂
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May has been a bumper month for Team Pi! Lots of varied training and activities and we’ve both been busy with work related projects.
We also attended the first ever Sports Nutrition Live event in London, which was highly informative and very interesting. We also visited the Body Power Expo 2013 at the NEC in Birmingham, which again was excellent, if a little busy! These weekends away meant we missed out on a lot of pool time this month though.
We had a successful and highly enjoyable Bristol 10k run on the 5th and have been keeping the mileage going since then.
Paul’s May Running: 35 Miles
Paul’s May Cycling: 33.1 Miles
Paul’s May Swimming: 0 Miles!
Irina’s May Running: 47.2 Miles
Irina’s May Cycling: 0 Miles
We’re off on holiday for two weeks this weekend, one week in the Glencoe area where we will summit Ben Nevis amongst others, then down to camp in the Lakes and climb Skafell Pike, followed by some camping near Snowdon and a summit of that too. Should be fun and relaxing! 😉
Paul.
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Firstly, apologies for the lack of blogging this past month from Team Pi, it’s been a weird month!! We’ll get back on it in May…
It’s been an odd month with a few niggling injuries each and Paul had a weird heart scare at the start of the month after a viral chest infection! In fact the start of the year hasn’t gone to plan at all… but we’re positive and pushing on to get things back on track, with lots of plans this year.
Irina jumped on the bike this month (cycling to the pool for her weekly Aqua Running session) and enjoyed it, so is planning some more cycling this summer. (She had the nice surprise of newbie saddle-bum! 😉 )
Paul’s April Running: 19.9 Miles
Paul’s April Cycling: 12 Miles
Paul’s April Swimming: 0.8 Miles
Irina’s April Running: 45.5 Miles
Irina’s April Cycling: 7.7 Miles
Irina’s April Aqua-Running / Pool workouts: 1.5 Hours Approx.
Bristol 10k to look forward to this Sunday, and we’re both raring to go. Sadly I don’t think Paul will be hitting the time he wanted due to the preparation being hit, but should still be comfortably under the hour mark. Our blog on the event will follow Monday or Tuesday. 🙂
Paul.
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Irina’s recovery has gone well and she is well and truly back on the road! Paul’s Bath Half Marathon hangover severely limited the mileage this month, plus the bike fall half a mile into my first bike ride of the month!
April sees us take part in the Frenchay 10k, so we need to get up to speed for that, and then kick on from there for the Bristol 10k in May…
Paul’s March Running: 21.7 Miles
Paul’s March Cycling: 0.5 Miles
Paul’s March Swimming: 0 Miles
Irina’s March Running: 19.5 Miles
Irina’s January-through-March Aqua-Running / Pool workouts: 22 Hours Approx.
Looking forward to our local event next weekend, we can literally walk from home to the start line! 🙂
Paul.
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