and not motor bikes either, aint been on for a while, im usually whoring facey or out training, right into running as some know after years of being a drunken slob but now im into bikes aswell, pedal bikes, been cycling to work for the last year (not so much in the midst if winter) but as im really enjoying it ive decided to treat myself to a road bike (current one is a hybrid) so ive got myself a 2016 giant defy 0

 

its a fantastic bike and even has carbon on it, seat post, forks and handlebars are all carbon composite

 

im also just learning to swim as im gonna try and do a mini triathalon next year

 

fitness is awesome once you have the bug, although i would love another zed i doubt i will ever save me pennies as i keep buying running shoes, bike parts and now gonna need wet suits and so forth lol

 

anyhoos just thought i would drop yas a line to let yas know what im upto (if interested lol)

 

hope everyone is well and still with zeds, couple of pics of me whips and an xc pic as the new season has just started and that is my fave passion

oh and i have 2 children now, charlie who is 3 and freddie who is 5 months old, life has changed a lot for me in the last couple of years and deffo for the better

 

Good luck with the training buddy. I need to start getting out on my bike again soon.... I bought the Zed in March this year and haven't done much training since!

 

I spent many hours on the saddle last year as I completed my first triathlon last May and then completed Ironman UK July 2014 . Its very addictive and you can spend just as many pennies as you would on the Zed easily!

 

Have fun and if you want any advice give me a shout..... I went from nothing to Ironman in 9 months with alot of hard work and commitment :thumbup1:

thats great mate, a huge well done from me for completing an iron man, im far from iron mans, ive been running for 2 years now and cycling for a year, im just learning to swim now, had 2 lessons of proper under water front crawl and its not as easy as it seems lol

 

family and work gets in the way of training sometimes meaning i dont have the time to train for races such as marras or iron mans, not that im complaining like lol

 

ive just joined the sun city tri club so hoping to be fit for a mini tri next year when the season starts

 

ive improved a lot on my running times, 5k is 21:49, 10k is 45:17 and half marra is 1:44:44, only been racing about a year and my passion is xc, i love hills, mud, cold weather and the banter that comes with a cross country event

oh and i have 2 children now, charlie who is 3 and freddie who is 5 months old, life has changed a lot for me in the last couple of years and deffo for the better

 

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Great pic matey...:cool:

 

......And Freddie is definitely a mini-you....:thumbup:

Nice to hear from you again mate, glad things are going well, the family look happy and healthy, a big turn around from a few years ago eh :thumbup:

ive improved a lot on my running times, 5k is 21:49, 10k is 45:17 and half marra is 1:44:44, only been racing about a year and my passion is xc, i love hills, mud, cold weather and the banter that comes with a cross country event

 

Impressive times dude [emoji106]

thanks mate, slowly chipping away at me times, im loving the buzz from all aspects of training but this swimming thing is harder than it looks getting everything right lol

 

and yeah graham, all doing well and a massive turn around for us all