Luckily enough, weightless can be thought of very simply Calories burned > Calories taken in. Over the course of the year I’ve lost about 17 kgs (approx 38lbs), in preparation for the Paris2Nice cycle in the short-term, but of course, the main objective is long-term health. A normal male (and, at m ideal” balanced weight… Read More 6 Basic Tips to get Started with Weight-loss
When I started cycling back in 2011 a Garmin Edge 500 was the absolute no-brainer when it came to picking a cycle computer, and until it finally stopped being recognised by my computers for uploads, I found it to be without fault. When I was trying to ramp my training for Paris2Nice I needed something… Read More 6 Month Review – Garmin Edge 25
Cost £59.90 for the yearly early-bird. Link https://velocast.awesound.com/ Format The velocast is run by two Scots, John Galloway (@VelocastJohn) and Scott O’Raw (@velocast), and the main show has a fairly regular cadence during the year, covering the entire men’s pro cycling calendar, including previews and reviews of major one day and stage races. During Grand Tours, they… Read More My Review Of The Velocast Podcast
It’s been two weeks since we rolled into Nice, having completed over 715km in 6 days. And I’m still buzzing! And it was every bit as good as I had hoped it would, and more! Don’t get me wrong, I hurt at times, and by Friday my quads were just tight. Getting to the lunch… Read More Paris2Nice 2018 Recap
As a follow up to the last post, in this one I’m going to cover off some of the training I’ve done since the Wicklow 100. As I mentioned before, I’m at about 2800km so far for the year. Certainly not epic by any stretch, but given we’ve 2 small kids at home, trying to… Read More Final Week Before Paris2Nice – Training
With less than a week to go (I’m writing this on Sunday night, and the flight to Paris is Friday), I just wanted to pick up the cadence of a few blogs about the experience. In particular, my last Paris2Nice blog was about 5 weeks ago, and at that, it was about the Wicklow 100,… Read More Final Week Before Paris2Nice – Goals
Cost Free Link https://wedu.team/themove Format Lance Armstrong, is joined by host JB Hager, to review certain Classics and longer stage races, such as the grand tours. Shows are available both in podcast format, as well as via YouTube from a converted caravan studio. Overall the format is simple, they watch the day’s cycling on TV,… Read More Spotlight On The Move: My Review Of Lance Armstrong’s Podcast
Early in the planning for Paris2Nice, the emails, facebook groups and WhatsApp groups all listed the Wicklow 100 as a key checkpoint along the training plan for those looking at doing P2N for the first time, so rather naively I signed up, my rationale was that such a hard event would force me to have… Read More My Experience at the 2018 Wicklow 100
January 10th, 2018, and I’m in the car, coming home from work. It’s usually when I get my (arguably) best thinking done. On this particular day, for no particular reason, I have an urge to re-commit to cycling and losing weight. Don’t know why, but it’s definitely there. I get in the door, and just… Read More Paris2Nice 2018 – The Beginning
7 years ago I started a blog called “All About the Triple”, with a view to documenting my introduction to cycling, culminating in cycling Mizen to Malin over the course of a week. While I had the best intentions to use that as a springboard, the intervening years have been fairly barren from a cycling… Read More New Beginning
All About The Compact 