TriathlonMike

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  • Twitter Updates for 2009-07-01

    • 4 days, well 4 sleeps anyway, to go. A year of planning and training coming to fruition. Almost doesn’t seem real. #

  • Twitter Updates for 2009-06-30

    • Hoping fedex take care of my baby. Please handle carefully, do not drop and get there on time! #

  • Twitter Updates for 2009-06-28

    • Just plugging Sprint Tri in Hyde Park: http://www.triathlon-wcs-london.org/ Sun 16 August 2009. #
    • 2500m swim. 1500 and two 500 sets. Got annoyed with the peeps that clearly have no concept of lane etiquette. I swam over someone, oops! #

  • Twitter Updates for 2009-06-27

    • @094459 just go with 64bit websphere jvm an ignore the 2GB. Ram is cheap these days… Ha ha! Oh wait on VMs you really do want to optimise! #
    • Finished my bike and run brick just in time before the thundestorm and torential rain! Decent 2hr session today. 8 days to go. #

  • Twitter Updates for 2009-06-25

    • 10 days to go. Almost single figures… #

  • Twitter Updates for 2009-06-24

  • Twitter Updates for 2009-06-23

    • Long day in office, too long given late finish last night. Blowing off swim this afternoon! #

  • Twitter Updates for 2009-06-22

    • Walking home and see that there are major problems with the dlr currently. Goto the pub or start walking home if you’re a dlr user! #

  • Twitter Updates for 2009-06-21

    • Deciding what to have for dinner after a 3 hour bike and hour run. Tired and hungry! #

  • Madness of tri kit sizing

    Well I thought I would comment on the oddness of the sizing of tri kit. A number of weeks ago I went shopping for a new set of race kit. I prefer tri tops and tri shorts to a trisuit.

    In the end I tried on both Orca and 2XU gear. It turns out that for the Orca 226 range I need a LARGE tri tank and a MEDIUM tri pant. However for 2XU Endurance kit I need a MEDIUM 3 pocket tri top and a LARGE tri short.

    It is no wonder that I cannot get a trisuit to fit me properly. What is also confusing is that I have an Orca tri top from another range which is a MEDIUM.

    I have decided that unless I have previous experience of a particular make and model of kit I will hence forth be buying my kit from a real shop that allows you to try it on. I have gotten incredibly frustrated with getting various sizes of kit sent to me from online retailers only to have to return them.

    Where possible I intend to visit Bike and Run, which is based in East Finchley, London, for my tri kit needs. They were most helpful and patient during my fitting session. They have a decent selection of gear in stock – wetsuits, tri kit, cycling kit, bikes and various gadgets, gizmos and tools.

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