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***If you’re feelin’ a bit generous please head on to JustGiving website where I am raising money for The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. I am at 40% raised and hoping to make it 100% for the 2010 London Triathlon in August. Thank you.***

The next few weeks are going to be the hardest consistent training I’ve done. But I am actually feeling quite strong and ready to take it on. I think the worst will be in two weeks when we head into open water in a chilly 6:30 am 5 degree C morning to do our 2km - 4km swims. Some of the tri peeps I meet at my local shop are already quaking at the knees at the thought of it. It’s the cold to the head that gets to you … but you get used to it… as with everything else… it’s just getting in there and doing it.

WEEK 14/20*

Monday > Off

Tuesday > Bike 90:00 min

Wednesday > Swim 55:00 minutes | Run 55 minutes 3 x 5minutes @ race pace after a 20 minute warm up w/ 5 minutes between.

Thursday > Bike 120:00 minutes followed by 00:15 minute brick

Friday > Swim 55:00 minutes | Run 50 minutes

Saturday > Bike 195:00 minutes -3 x 15 minutes @ race pace after 1 hour warm up. 10 minutes rolling recovery followed by 15 minute brick

Sunday > Swim 40:00 Recovery | Run 100:00 minutes with hills.

*Each session is followed by 15 minutes of a stretching program.

The view of Coleshill in Amersham today. Looks like some scene in Switzerland.

The scene around our house this morning. Abandoned cars from a hill just too icy and steep to climb. People are saying a few flakes of snow and the UK shuts down. Folks — this is 8 inches of snow! Any place would shut down that isn’t properly equipped.

However as much as one wishes to shout against it — complain about it — it is beautiful isn’t it?

 

 The flower series below is a group of photos taken on the amazing Canon G10 compact camera. I am without a doubt impressed by its abilities.

I was able to enjoy this view as my office today. Brighton is not a place that I feel too warm towards … but today it was absolutely spectacular. The surf was so fresh, and I certainly had a joy editing a colleague’s book while having a pedicure done by Mother Nature herself.

Sony Ericson k800i camera phone

A beautiful summer afternoon in a farmer’s field with a picnic basket of goodies, friends and a Polaroid back attatched to a Mamiya. There are times when digital and all its perfection is just not worth the effort and the painterly sketch, with all its accident and chance is a lazy heat welcomed on a Sunday in July. Who cares if the image sways outside of the technical perfection that digital demands. The loose line and heavy exposure, the dizzy uncertainty is as fun as a new love. What a grand toy this Polaroid material is — too bad there will be those who will never know what it is like to experience it, to play with it, and have that love affair that is as exciting as a new muse.