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Back to the blog

noreply@blogger.com (Billy Knowles) — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 22:10:00 +0000

It's been a while but I'm back now :)

The last time I tried to blog every day, it lasted 6 days, well it's April now and so much has changed I've decided to blog whenever I see fit

Talking of fit I'm back down the gym again trying to build some muscle on this feeble frame of mine

When considering to start blogging again it got me thinking, now too much thinking probably isn't good for you but anyway it got me thinking why do other people blog? If there are any other bloggers out there reading this let me know

Time to wrap up this welcome back blog now

All the best

Day Six

noreply@blogger.com (Billy Knowles) — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:55:00 +0000

Lots of walking done today, running the healthy breakfast tomorrow at 11am

Day Five

noreply@blogger.com (Billy Knowles) — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:09:00 +0000

Another day gone, some more people helped, the more people I speak to the more I see that people are looking for a change from the normal 9-5 grindstone

Some more life lessons learned

Day Four

noreply@blogger.com (Billy Knowles) — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:03:00 +0000

Started business building today, by leafleting and speaking to people about healthy breakfasts, going to see what comes next, exciting stuff!

Day three

noreply@blogger.com (Billy Knowles) — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:04:00 +0000

Mostly travelling today, tomorrow is my new start

Day Two

noreply@blogger.com (Billy Knowles) — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:30:00 +0000

Another day gone by, had a small business discussion on a dog walk but nothing concrete

New Year

noreply@blogger.com (Billy Knowles) — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 23:43:00 +0000

Happy new year, today was the first day of a new year, it's going to be an interesting year, I'll explain later

Inspiration

noreply@blogger.com (Billy Knowles) — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:03:00 +0000

I'd like to write about someone today who has inspired me, unfortunately like the most famous inspirational people they have died, they also dies at a young age, he was only 56 and his name was Steve Jobs

Now a lot of you might be thinking that Steve Jobs was just the Owner and Founder of the corporation Apple, and he was that also, but i never really got to know him until he died a couple of days ago

I've been listening to his philosophy of live and how he lived his and it has been a real eye opener for me, i have spoken before about my fears of doing things and speaking to people, my lack of self confidence, but hearing how Steve lived his life made me think about my own life

I currently do not own any Apple products, i had am ipod mini before but that was a while ago now, so don't mistake my adoration as pure fan boy, in fact my entire career so far has been working with Microsoft of which i own plenty of their products

Steve has inspired me to lead a different life, a bold claim i know but it's true, he said and this isn't a direct quote but life every day like it is your last, now Steve dies of an illness that he knew he had, so he knew he didn't have long to live so he told himself to live his life to the maximum

Now you can take this one of two ways you can say that thinking about death is morbid and shouldn't be thought about and carry on with your life that you are living, or you can think differently...

...You can think "hey there, what the hell am i doing? I don't even like working there" or "i don't like the way that i just put up with these things" so change it

The question I'm sure most of you have heard is what if you only had a year to live, what would you do with it? Now this is when you grab their attention, they say "Oh yeah, if i only had a year I'd make sure that i went here or did this" then you ask the question what if you only had a day to live, they then say "I'd definitely do this then this" The point that i am trying to make is that we can not see into the future and know what is going to happen to us, Think about this, The person who gets hit by the bus and dies did they think at the beginning of that day, I'm going to get hit by a bus today i should probably make sure i tell all my loved ones that i love them... No! he thinks the same 6 words as most of us do

It will never happen to me

People aren't so bad

noreply@blogger.com (Billy Knowles) — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 09:24:00 +0000

Continuing my progress report i have now come to the conclusion that people on the whole aren't so bad after all, i think the fear i have to speak to people is because you never know how people are going to react, I'm not sure what i was expecting them to do, turn into a 3 headed dragon and breath fire

I understand that my fear is irrational, people (i think) on the whole are good, the problem we face is that how many news stories report of good people doing good things? Not many that I've heard, you hear about the worst of human kind all the time, which doesn't make any sense to me, people like being happy, it's how we're built, it's why our bodies release endorphins and other happy chemicals into our blood stream to make us feel happier with ourselves, happy people live longer in my opinion, so why are we not told about all the good things that people are doing? Sure for the safety of everyone we need to know if some madman (or woman) is on the streets but do we really need to know every detail of what these bad people are doing and how they did it and why they did it

A TV show that i like is Russel Howards: Good News show, i think we must think along the same idea that not all news should be bad

OK we are technically in a recession at the moment so times are hard with not being able to afford all the things we like all the time, but surely not having all that money means that we should cut back on all the things we don't really need? It makes me smile inside when i hear about people on job seekers allowance having big screen TV's and watching SKY TV, i can't even afford SKY TV and i work a full time job and a part time job at the moment, it doesn't bother me though that others can afford these things

I guess to sum things up people aren't all bad and life isn't all doom and gloom and i guess i shouldn't take myself so seriously, because if i was a little more light hearted about my fear of speaking to people my self-confidence wouldn't be so much of an issue

Back to the past

noreply@blogger.com (Billy Knowles) — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 08:31:00 +0000

So with my new goals in mind, there are 2 questions i ask myself

1) Where did this start?
2) Why change now?

Well the first question will hopefully help a great deal the problem is i don't know the answer, but what i can do is try to understand my past a little to try and get a gauge on how this could have happened

I work as an IT support technician, this basically involves speaking to people about solving their IT issues, day in day out, now for those of you that don't work in a corporate environment with an IT staff, let me explain something the IT staff don't talk to each other, there appears to be a underling rule that the knowledge you have worked hard for should not be shared, you should not share how you solve problems with anyone, they need to learn it on their own, this is why i believe all IT books designed to train you are so big and difficult to read, because they don't really want to help you learn :)

So we've established that i work pretty much in silence until the phone rings, in analysing myself I've realised that the support calls i take I'm actually fine with, i can talk with the customer just fine, i wasn't always but i am now

I'll go more into my past later

The second question then, Why now? Well I've recently handed in my notice at work as I've started up in the wonderful world of self employment, you may have heard of the company Herbalife, i was using their products through my triathlon training and without sounding kooky they have made a vast improvement on my life, not just on my health but it meant that i got to meet lots of positive people, who are friendly and supportive of one another, i was quite surprised as well about how many of them had read my blog and were following my training, so i decided to try and help others with their health, this meant that my focus drifted from my quite IT existence towards a more active Herbalife one

In theory this was the best move for me, it would give me an opportunity to test myself as it would give me the chance to see if i could work for myself and put my ideas through to production, but i hadn't realised how much i lacked self-confidence

So has it deterred me? No, being defiant i see this as another thing i should overcome, I'm 27 now and yet I'm dealing with things that i should have already dealt with in my life, I've always been that bit slower than everyone else, but I've always looked at it as a positive, in my mind if I'm slower it means I'll last longer :) and live till I'm 125 or longer

New Mission

noreply@blogger.com (Billy Knowles) — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 10:04:00 +0000

I'm back now

Well I’ve completed my triathlon and now what? Well my thoughts have taken me towards doing an Ironman, i like the idea of challenging myself to the limit and I’m sure the ironman will do this for me

Unfortunately there is still one thing in my way before i start the journey towards Ironman

No it isn't the fitness although I’m sure i will be tested on that too, or the equipment, I’ve definitely spent out on all the equipment i need

There is one thing holding me back, self-confidence, for a long time now i have suffered with a lack of self-confidence, so what do you do about it? It’s not like having a boil or rash on your leg where you can ask someone in the pub "whaddya recon i should do about this?"

The problem i face is a little more introvert than that, I’ve suffered in silence about it for a long time now and i have taken the decision to overcome it, much like my decision to do a triathlon and eventually an ironman

The reason i think i have dealt with it in silence or not dealt with it as the case may be is the simple reason that i find it hard to talk about it, but now that i have made the decision to overcome it, i know that i am going to have to talk about it a lot more to try and understand it and then overcome it

So what does this mean for the blog? Well i found the blog a very useful way to monitor my progress with my last challenge and so i thought i would use it again to see how i go with this one, so it's going to be a very different subject matter this time but a similar challenge, when i started my journey towards a triathlon i knew nothing at all except i needed to be able to Swim, Cycle and then Run a distance, well with my current situation i need to be able to speak with people comfortably, comfortably being the key word here

First Triathlon Completed!

noreply@blogger.com (Billy Knowles) — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 08:33:00 +0000

I feel like I've just won my first triathlon (I came 31st out of 105)

It's a great feeling, I stuck by it had loads of help along the way but now I've completed my first triathlon

So i was fully prepared physically on Saturday night, i had tried to be really good with my food intake and making sure my body was getting everything it needed, i wasn't so prepared with actually getting there, on a second inspection of the race details we would need to be getting up at 3am on Sunday and leaving the house at 4am to get there for final chance registration at 6am-ish, so i was packed and ready Saturday night, let my dad know (who was going to come and see me) that the event was actually 2 hours away (and not the 30 mins i had first thought) that i didn't mind if he couldn't make it, then got an early night

Up early at 3 the next morning, we checked, double checked then went through everything again to make sure there wasn't anything we had forgotten one last time

We got to the venue a little earlier than expected, there didn't seem to be anyone on the roads at 4 in the morning on a Sunday, weird! Dani drove while i got some more sleep (Thanks Dani)

After getting everything i needed into the transition area i realised my first problem, to save time and baggage i wore my running shoes there, but then had to leave them in the transition area meaning i had to walk around bare foot till the race

Then my Dad and his wife Pam showed up, I really didn't expect it and it was a great boost just before the race

I took on board a shake 2 hrs before the race, thermo, quickspark, nrg tablets 30 mins before the race and had prepared a H30 / Niteworks / liftoff energy drink for my water bottle now attached to my bike

First the swim, it was very cold in the lake which was actually a huge positive for me as i overheat while racing so i knew that would be fine, there were legs in front of me, arms scraping my legs behind me, it was a mess of people all swimming together, like salmon upstream, i found the swim really easy, my pace was slowed by the person in front of me who i couldn't get round, but i think with the slower pace i didn't get tired at all

The transition was a flurry of runners looking for their bikes in the 600+ bike rack

Then off on the bike, after a couple of swigs of my H30 / Niteworks / Liftoff energy drink i dropped my water bottle, I panicked, do i go back for it or continue without any more fluid for the rest of the race... I continued, i couldn't bring myself to stop cycling, the cycle was long but on fairly flat roads, i overtook a few people which was another boost for me and about three quarters into the race i was getting tired i hadn't overtaken anyone in a while and was feeling a bit low, so i picked myself up and tried to think of something to do to raise my moral, so what should pop into my head at this very moment? that's right the theme tune to Gladiators "Do you feel the power of the Gladiators?" The song was in my head and then i found myself singing it out loud whilst cycling along, it really did help me, my spirit lifted, i started smiling and went hell for leather, overtaking a few more riders

The second transition was faster, without a wetsuit to get off i was out in under a minute

The run started very SLOW, my calves had started to cramp when i got off my bike (something the H30 / Niteworks drink would have prevented, Grrr) but i lifted my knees up and after a minute they were back to normal and i was on the run, i overtook a few racers here as well, more boosts for me to carry on, i also heard some of the racers encourage others on their way round

round the bend and over the finish line with a total time of:

1:02:09

Belated birthday post

noreply@blogger.com (Billy Knowles) — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 08:00:00 +0000

Today is my birthday, okay so it was actually on Friday but I didn't have time to blog then so here it is:

Today is my birthday, I'm now old... 27 years old in fact, now I would be the first to say that i haven't done much in my 27 years, stopped world hunger, go to outer space or even done a volunteer litter picking in my local community, but in 2 days I can at least say that i will have completed my first triathlon (I know that i have the power of hindsight as i have now actually done it but bear with me here) so whats that got to do with world hunger, space flight or helping people... Good point! it hasn't but it does mean that i can say that i have now put my mind to something and planned it, booked it, told people about it and probably the most important actually done it (okay I'm getting myself confused here, am i writing in the past or the present or what? Erm... bear with me i guess)

(Back to the past now)

So I'm all excited about my birthday and my triathlon (remember we are back in the past now at a point where i haven't completed the triathlon yet)

For my birthday i got lots of triathlon and ironman stuff but most importantly for the immediate future is that i got a wetsuit for the triathlon on Sunday (the 4th, don't worry i know it's now Monday the 5th)

Later that day...

I went out in my wetsuit to the only open swimming pool available and went in my wetsuit, i was amazed at how buoyant it was, i no longer had to worry about swimming horizontally as the wetsuit took care of that bit, i found swimming not only easy but loads of fun, the problem was that the swimming pool was an indoor heated pool, with lots of people in it and in the wetsuit i was baking hot, but it gave me 2 new experiences, swimming in a wetsuit and taking off the wetsuit as quick as i could which will be useful in the triathlon transition

Thanks to everyone for all the birthday messages

Lots of love

Old Billy

Just as I thought

noreply@blogger.com (Billy Knowles) — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:50:00 +0000

I think I'm doing really well at my swimming and I take Dani along and she tells me all the things i'm doing wrong, and I can't thank her enough for it, last night I started slow to show Dani how I was doing the 400 meters I'd done a couple of nights ago and she showed me exactly where I'd gone wrong

Then we had a race, and I won it (Dani you did know it was a race right, I remember it clearly, you had just set off and I whispered it into the water, it's a clear indication of the one and only race that we'll be in together, sorry it's one of those can never be repeated situations)

But it really showed me what I needed to be doing and where I was going worng, my body was along the top of the water I was kicking with my feet and I was swimming properly, now I just need to do this for 400 meters, easy!

It's only next Sunday and I skipped the gym this morning, my body needed to recover a little as i've kind of thrown it in at the deep end again and gone hell for leather with the training

Almost saw an alien

noreply@blogger.com (Billy Knowles) — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 08:29:00 +0000

"Do you really like it, do you really like it
We're gymin' it, gymin' it, gymin' it
We're gymin' it like this"

Back down the gym this morning, but i didn't go swimming last night although the whole world was trying to make me, I decided to go to the cinema instead but it wasn't to be

Firstly, couldn't decide on either 'Cowboys and Aliens' or 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes' went for Cowboys, then Dani said that she was going to take us out for dinner so we looked up vouchers for cheaper dining out and found 40% off Pizza Express, awesome! Then the printer wouldn't print the voucher, Grr, then it did, awesome, then on route to the cinema, we remembered that we forgot to take our vitamins to take with dinner, Grrr, then when we got to the cinema I forgot to get the 'Pay and Display' Ticket, Grr, ran back and paid for it, Grr, while Dani went to get the Cinema tickets, awesome, then my unlimited card couldn't be used for Deluxe showings (Hmmm, yeah we also used the phrase 'doesn't sound very unlimited does it' and got greeted with a confused look) So we had to pick another showing, the lady behind the desk didn't know what the other showings were and appeared to just make up a few times on the spot, Grrrr, went to another register and asked for the next non-deluxe showing, it was only 40 mins after the one we wanted to watch so we said we'd have that one then, awesome, then the unlimited card won't go through, Grrr, so they said that they would call head office for us to clear up the issue, awesome, then they came off the phone and said the direct debit hasn't been setup yet (Note: i have been using the card for over a year now on direct debit) Grrrrrr
Took my very limited 'unlimited' card from the 12 year old (looking) 'service guy' and went to blockbuster instead and rented 'Your Highness' and had a good night in

On the up side I'll be saving £15 each month by not paying for an unlimited card now

400 meters done!

noreply@blogger.com (Billy Knowles) — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 10:20:00 +0000

Back down the pool last night and I wasn't taking any prisoners this time 400 meters or bust

I didn't want to tackle the full 400 meters straight away so I started with 130 meters then another 130 meters then 2 more 130 meters, so by now I'd done more than I needed to but they were broken up into chucks with short breaks between them, why the strange 130 meters lengths? well the pool that I am swimming in is 33.3 meters long so each 4 lengths takes me to slightly under the 130 meters mark

After a quick trip to the loo I was back and ready to tackle the big one, I took it very slow at first and I just concentrated on each lap individually, not focusing on how many I had left just feeling great after each one I completed, I counted to 10 laps and knew that I could do another 2 easy so I carried on and didn't stop, I'm not sure exactly how many meters I swam in the end but it definitely over 400 meters, I still don't know how long it took me but at least I'm confident that I can actually do it now and what 400 meters straight feels like on the body

So I just need to combine that with a 20km cycle and finish it off with a 2.5km run and it's happy days

My recovery time is my most surprising aspect of all this training, I remember when I was going down the gym before and pushing myself I would be dead for the next few days, but now I'm going to the gym in the mornings and then going to work then going swimming later on, I'm doing 3 Herbalife shakes around workouts and training and I'm never feeling tired, I'm pushing myself harder and harder and I'm feeling stronger and can see my muscle growth getting bigger in such a short amount of time, My stamina is getting longer and longer, when I first started swimming I was struggling to do a length and last night they had to kick me out of the pool because I wouldn't stop swimming, everyone else had left 10 minutes before the end

Triathlon Kit

noreply@blogger.com (Billy Knowles) — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:10:00 +0000

I've already got my trainers and socks, bike and helmet, tri-suit, goggles and nose clips

Things that I am looking at getting or will need are:

Wetsuit - Been looking at the Orca S3
Swimming Cap - Anything bright orange will do me
Drinks bottle holder for my bike
Sports Watch - Looking at the Timex Ironman T5F821
Triathlon Aero bars - Possibly with Aero drink holder as well
Quick release laces
Bike Shoes

I think that's about it, well possibly a Gold Medal as well but I guess i'll have to earn that one :)

Race Info Is Here

noreply@blogger.com (Billy Knowles) — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 09:09:00 +0000

Argh the race info is here:

http://www.triferris.com/cotswold/raceinfo.html

This means it is a real race with real people now, before it was just something I was training for, something that I was working my way towards, now it's real and fully booked

I need to go and see the venue beforehand to get my bearings sorted for the race, getting nervous now a little

Went down the gym again this morning, more muscle training and abs workouts, was back down in the pool last night, my breathing in the water has definitely improved this last week, I was doing 100-130 meters non-stop last night and at the end of it I was breathing fine, so I'm feeling a bit better for that, i was swimming for the whole hour this time though, just with small breathers here and there

My goal for this Thursdays swim is to time myself doing a true 400 meter non-stop swim, it's roughly 16 lengths in the pool i'm training in at the moment

Ironman

noreply@blogger.com (Billy Knowles) — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 11:00:00 +0000

Awesome film, loved the bit where they...
Okay I'm not talking about the film here people, we all know where this triathlon training is heading 'Ironman' now the question is do I work my way up the ladder and start on sprint triathlons then standard triathlons, then do a couple of half marathons?

No I didn't think so either, I want to do an Ironman so after the sprint triathlon I will begin my training for 'Ironman' I might allow myself 1 or 2 standard triathlons along the way, maybe a charity event or 2 but my eyes will be on the prize as they say

So what are the facts you ask, well Ironman UK 2012 is almost here, it's on Sunday 22nd July 2012 and it costs £375 to enter, I think thats all the info we need, oh right the distances, well a standard Ironman is:

Swim 2.4 Miles, Cycle 112 Miles, Run 26.2 Miles

I can't see a problem here to be honest and if i'm right the hardest part will be the .2 Mile run at the end so the rest by definition is easy right

Monday Mornings

noreply@blogger.com (Billy Knowles) — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:35:00 +0000

So how did you start your Monday morning?

Well I went down the gym and done some more training for the triathlon

BORING!!!!

Okay so I flew a space shuttle around the world and saw 2 monkeys arguing over a peanut both in mid-fart, when I saw a flash of light as a giant bouncy castle exploded on the surface of Mars which insidently made a thousand stars implode simultaneously and leave behind exactly 15 versions of the very same puffin book that I read when I was at school

Does that sound more interesting?

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Don't ask where that came from, Had a great weekend went to see my girlfriends uncle get married, didn't get to witness any fights though, sorry

I was caught off my training guard by some Pimms mixed with fruit and lemonade before I remembered about my healthy body and then stuck to water for the rest of the night, wasn't bored though, had a really good time, great company, food and location

I've not done any form of training since Thursday nights swim, I started to notice less and less people coming to the gym in the mornings, there used to be at least 10 people there, i'll put it down to Monday morning today

I'll need to start timing myself on the swimming soon so that I can judge how fast i can swim 400 meters

Why am I not an Iron Man yet?

noreply@blogger.com (Billy Knowles) — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 11:24:00 +0000

Oh the struggles we face, I went back down to the pool last night, I got in a half hour earier so that I could get my £3.60's worth

I noticed that after about half hour in the pool I still wasn't up to Iron Man standard, is it just me that when they start to exercise/train they want the results to be as quick as the decision to start exercising/training, hey come on now I started a whole half hour ago why am I not Arnold Swarchenegger yet?

I made some real progress yesterday despite my moans, after making some changes to my breathing pattern and starting to actually kick with my legs when I swam, I was swimming pretty much non-stop for the whole hour and a half, I must have done well over 400 meters, I have to admit that I did get a bit disheartened though when 3 Iron Man triathletes got into the pool fully kitted in Iron Man class wetsuits, goggles and caps and wondered why I couldn't keep up with their pace, I think I overheard one of them say at the end that they had done over 2.2km already

It was the second day of training on my own due to Dani being ill, not that I have that much time to stop and talk during training but it's good to have someone with you to let you know where you're going wrong and provide motivation

I got up this morning ready for the gym but my body told me that a day of rest would be good for me, I was feeling a little tight and thought it would good to let me body recover a little before putting it through anything else

We've also got family over this weekend so training is going to have to fit around them as well, but I figured as long as I get up early enough, it won't get in the way too much

Last years Results

noreply@blogger.com (Billy Knowles) — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:58:00 +0000

I've found the results for last years Cotswold super sprint Triathlon:

http://www.triferris.com/results/supersprint10.htm

So I'm aiming for a sub 1 hour finish time :)

Lost, Dazed and Bewildered

noreply@blogger.com (Billy Knowles) — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 08:30:00 +0000

"...And I wonder...When I sing along with you...If everything could ever feel this real forever...If anything could ever be this good again..."

This is my new intro song when I walk into a room (It's Everlong by the Foo Fighters), much like the "dum-dum-dum dum-de-dum dum-de-dum" that Darth Vader has whenever he is close by

Anyway, last night I found myself walking the corridors of a strange building my body ached all over and I was staggering left to right and right to left, I looked the shattered remains of someone left in the desert and who had had to make their way to the nearest oasis, I had just completed an hour of nearly non-stop swimming, all I can say is "Damn that Will Smith"

If you haven't seen the inspirational video of Will Smith on YouTube you need to look it up, i'll see if i can post it on here soon, in the video he talks about work ethic and setting yourself goals and sticking to them no matter what (well thats what i got from the video and i know what you're going to say, didn't you know that already? well yes but he says it in an inspiring way, seriously look it up)

I'm not sure how long i swam for in distance but I definately done over 400 meters, it wasn't easy mind, at the end of every length i had to argue with myself to do "just one more length" following this strategy i managed to keep on going

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Which brings us to this morning, it's strange i used to love lie-ins, the alarm would wake me up at 7:30 and i'd snooze it all the way till 8:00, don't ask me why i didn't just change the alarm to 8:00 in the first place, i guess i liked the feeling that i should get up earlier but "sleeping in" till eight made that extra sleep feel so much better

However when the alarm went off at 6:30 i knew it was time to get up and off down the gym for me, i managed to get a full hour in doing resistance training and then a 10 min power cycle set to almost the highest resistance level, it was hard work and my body told me to stop after a minute had gone by but i kept pushing on, i used the same strategy as i did in swimming the night before "just one more minute"

Had a shake before and after and it's almost time for my third of the day, feeling awake energized and raring to go

I'm back for more

noreply@blogger.com (Billy Knowles) — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:44:00 +0000

Well my holiday was great, I tried to get some short distance runs in between the opening of the locks (I was on a canal boat for a week) the week started off well with shakes for breakfast and niteworks for my night-time drink but eventually the holiday spirit got the better of me and along came the fried breakfasts and ciders for my night-time drinks, D'oh!

But now that I'm back I've kick started my training off again, an almost hour long swimming session last night and an almost hour long gym session this morning before work, I now get to see 2 x 6:30's in my day

I've hit the shakes again after my workouts, I asked my team of experts for some shake tips (Thanks BIG team) and I'm feeling energized and ready for the triathlon again

I probably should have done my stats before and after my holiday to see what happened to my body while resting but I didn't (Note to Self: do this on your next holiday)

I weighed myself at the gym and I'm showing as 70 kg so I've probably lost some muscle so I'll need to build this back up again

Well it's good to be back and i'll keep you updated as the date gets ever nearer, argh!!

Heritage Motor Museum

noreply@blogger.com (Billy Knowles) — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 09:19:00 +0000