{"id":440,"date":"2010-05-10T12:19:38","date_gmt":"2010-05-10T12:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/?p=440"},"modified":"2017-01-12T04:32:42","modified_gmt":"2017-01-12T04:32:42","slug":"target-update-not-great-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/target-update-not-great-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Target Update – Not Great News<\/b>"},"content":{"rendered":"

Time for Some Honesty<\/h2>\n

At the beginning of 2010, I wrote a post<\/a> which aroused a fair bit of interest.\u00a0 In it, I said I was going to train and complete the Great Manchester Run<\/a> this weekend.\u00a0 Well, to cut a long story short, I’m not running.<\/p>\n

I broke a rib earlier this year and missed 5 weeks of running.\u00a0 After the 5 week break I realised that I wasn’t going to get fit enough to do 10km this Sunday, so I’ve bottled.\u00a0 The only silver lining is that I’ve raised an extra\u00a0\u00a320 for Mum’s hospice<\/a> by selling the ticket on.<\/p>\n

So there you go. I’m not proud, but I know I can’t run 10k on Sunday so I’m not going to try.\u00a0 Running’s never been my forte so I think I should stick to the bike from now on.\u00a0 I won’t belittle my fail, it’s a big one.<\/p>\n

Back To The Bike<\/h2>\n

Number One Son did his distance running PE lesson on Thursday, so his little legs were aching over the weekend.\u00a0 Nevertheless, we headed out for a ride.\u00a0 All I can say is that exactly<\/em><\/strong> 10 miles later I was very proud of his efforts.\u00a0 We used almost all the gears but he didn’t stop once (except for our tea break and a pee<\/em>).\u00a0 Top riding, sunshine. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Nice loop around Hollingworth Lake and through Milnrow.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

i-gotU @trip GPS Device<\/h2>\n

I bought Number One Son the i-gotU device for his birthday and this was its first trip in anger.\u00a0 I have to say I was well impressed.\u00a0 It’s a simple little GPS point marker but it also allows you to waymark points where you take photos, to load those photos to a page on the @-trip website when you load up the track data.<\/p>\n

The beauty is in the @trip software that comes with the device, and the web page where your trails are stored.\u00a0 He can now save his trails, share them with his mates and show off accordingly.\u00a0 We have a little learning to do but on first impressions I’m impressed.\u00a0 Check out his first tracked ride here<\/a>.\u00a0 Sorry about all the bogus photo points: it was in his pocket – must sort out that mount properly…\u00a0 The 3D view is great if you’re 12!<\/p>\n

I might head out to get those final 1.8 miles towards the 100 mile marker tonight.\u00a0 Fingers crossed…<\/p>\n

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