by Karl Zeiner | Apr 21, 2016 | Coaching, Race Reports, Running, Training, Weekly Roundup
Grangemouth 10k The key event for the week was going to be the Grangemouth 10k with Fiona’s aim to go under 40 minutes for the distance. In 2015 she had finished just outside 41 minutes having targeted something slower than that. This time gave her the belief that she...
by Karl Zeiner | Apr 14, 2016 | Cycling, Running, Training, Weekly Roundup
A quieter week last week as there was no racing for either the team or me. Fiona and I were off to Oxford to attend the wedding of my good friend Daz Carter who was also my former coach. We could of course not bypass the opportunity to add a bit of sport into our...
by Karl Zeiner | Apr 8, 2016 | Product Review, Race Reports, Running, Triathlon, Weekly Roundup
TT Bike Fiona went out for a 2 hour ride on her TT bike the day after Tranent Triathlon – see previous weekly roundup. Half way into that ride her chain snapped adding to the misery from the previous day. Luckily Ian and his mate Jon were on their ride at the same...
by Karl Zeiner | Mar 18, 2016 | Coaching, Running, Training, Weekly Roundup
I lost 16 minutes I had a big week in terms of training hours last week coming off my first weekend in a while without a race. According to Strava I exercised for 24 hours last week. The week was dominated by an 86 km bike ride on Wednesday, a 28k run on Thursday, a...
by Karl Zeiner | Feb 24, 2016 | Coaching, Cycling, Running, Weekly Roundup
Another good training week and a mixed weekend in terms of race results for the team. Pentland Ride and shorter stuff My friend Mike had taken Monday off work and suggested we should head to the Pentland Hills on the mountain bikes. I was thrown into a bit of a...
by Karl Zeiner | Feb 17, 2016 | Coaching, Cycling, Running, Weekly Roundup
The week started with a new bike and ended with 2 races in the snow. Winter arrived in our area of Scotland with low temperatures, snow and calm conditions. New Bike On Monday I picked up my new commuter hybrid bike from Evans Cycles in Edinburgh, not a shop I would...
