Kevins Training Diary 2026

No surprises, a week late again. And I am only writing this one because I can't sleep.  My left hip is giving me persistent problems now and I am struggling to run anything beyond 4k, yet I have signed up for two races that I don't even want to do.  Next weekend is the Scottish Standard Champs at Knockburn. It is too late in the year. Too cold (BBC says 15 degC air temp) and it will likely be wet roads that aren't suitable for time trial riding (BBC currently says 78% chance of rain at race time). I only signed up because it is local to me and it is included in my internal Club Championships events.  The weekend after that is the Brirsh and Scottish Cross Triathlon Championships at Aviemore. Even later in the year. Even colder (BBC doesn't go that far but has 11 degC air temp at race time the day before and Loch Morlich is guaranteed to be colder still). I had to sign up to this one because the qualifying race I wanted to use for next year's World and Euro Cross Tri...

And... no explanation was forthcoming as everything continued to stay on top of my time and I just didn't get to it. And this is almost a week late again. 4 months after moving house we are still doing unpacking and basic DIY (and more complex DIY in terms of building the hugely over-complicated greenhouse). And the new dog eats up huge chunks of time, as well as affecting my training as my Thursday and Friday runs have basically turned in to walk / jog with him. My hip injections have not lasted as long this year, or my maintenance of them has been poor, as my hip and back are no giving me fairly major problems when I run. I did Krunce hill race number 5 last week and had to walk most of the last mile.  Swimming is going well. I am doing productive time on the turbo. But running is not going well and I have almost no time outside on the mountain bike.  I also never got round to writing about my second and third races in Banyoles, or the Scottish Champs at Loch Lomond.  T...