Tour of the Big Island – Day 1 – Kailua Kona to Naalehu

So after being on the island for a couple weeks I decided to embark on a journey around it; 225 miles with 16,000+ feet of climbing. I split it up into 4 days and took some photos along the way so decided to note them …

Food Diary 5/28 – Better Example

I took a note of what I was eating today and on the whole it’s what I would consider more ideal than the days I had previously recorded. I’m a little more settled and got a fridge full of fresh produce so it’s easier to …

Nutrition Diary – 5/20/2014

So a couple friends asked me what I’m eating while I’m training and although I don’t monitor day-to-day caloric intake, I do like to do a spot check occasionally and double-check I’m not massively undereating or overeating. It’s also good to check the timing of …

Cycling – Test Protocol – Results

So after an easy day of training and a subsequent rest day, this morning I woke up ready to take on the FTP test. So last year my highest FTP result was 259 watts. Today my critical power over 20 minutes was 267 watts, 95% …

Google Maps Now Has Bike Elevations!!! Hurrah!!

This will be my 4 day cycle route around the Big Island over Memorial Day Weekend. The daily mileage is reasonably conservative (65 miles per day) although the winds and sharp elevations here seem to make any route more difficult than the high-level topography would …

Hawaii So Far – The Best Bits

The first couple of weeks in Hawaii were an active vacation. It was pretty tiring but well worth squeezing in everything we did Surfing in Waimea, Oahu You can’t come to Hawaii and not surf. On the first day we drove to the North Shore …

Cycling Power – Test Protocol

So in my original post I said that I wanted to increase my Functional Threshold Power metric by 10%. If you don’t know what FTP is you can find out here. In summary it is a broad metric that can be used to measure improvements in …

Running – Test Protocol

So in one of my opening posts I said I wanted to be able to run at about 4:30min/km pace at around 140-145bpm. If I’m able to do this I should be able to pull off a 3:10 marathon time (assuming no stops and no …

Happy Birthday to me

May 10th, 31 years since I was born. Given it was ‘my day’ I decided to cycle. I wanted to cycle up Mount Kea volcano on the Big Island. Ill-prepared but well-intentioned I set off on the ride. I had read a blog about approaching …

Forget Everything You Thought You Knew

The day after arriving in Oahu, Lindsey and I decided to go for a run along the Ka’ena Point State Park on the North West side of the island. The run was characterised by a paved road leading to an extremely rough, craggy ‘road’ out …