Geoff Pike

Late starter triathlete... @brightonphoenix Multisport Rep, BTF coach and @thectsbrighton Trustee...more recent baker & brewer and long time survey researcher

[Geoff Pike @pikey63]

@hybridathlete @Alan_Couzens …and on almost no actual bike training! 2 months ago I got an e-bike cargo delivery job 3x8 hour shifts p/w of ‘cycling’ 40-50k lifting about 60 4-5kg boxes on and off for deliveries, sometimes up a few flights of stairs. HR never gets much above 100!!

[Geoff Pike @pikey63]

@hybridathlete Great read…I’m a recent concert having read a lot of @Alan_Couzens and others tweets on this…
My eureka moment was this week breaking the hour for a 21mile TT, which I hadn’t done for 7 years and when I’d only gone out to ride it easy…did it on 5 bpm less than 7 years ago…1/2

[Geoff Pike @pikey63]

@D_Profundis Great stuff Greg…congratulations to you all… 👩🏻‍🎓👏👏

[Geoff Pike @pikey63]

@GaryLineker I’m not your biggest fan but on this you deserve huge respect. Well done, keep going…I’m now following

[Prof Jane Ball (FRCN)💙 @JaneEBall]

Valuing nursing, means... knowing when to say NO, when not to compromise... on staffing, on nurse education, on workforce planning, on conditions for care...
My reflections from 30 years researching nurse staffing issues - in 37 minutes. #IND2022
https://t.co/K6QzoBGhAZ

[Geoff Pike @pikey63]

@JaneEBall @HJ_Pike One for the memory bank! X

[Geoff Pike @pikey63]

@Alan_Couzens @NeilDrouetPT In an experienced athlete though?! Are you saying his improvement will be short lived and unsustainable unless he attends to his aerobic base?

[Geoff Pike @pikey63]

This blog by my other half @JaneEBall seems relevant to #IWDparkrun tomorrow and #thisgirlcan @parkrunUK @brightonparkrun for #IWD2022

https://t.co/gx1wbt6Emn

[Geoff Pike @pikey63]

@SciTriat …and 20bpm higher than the Maffetone formula 🤔

[Geoff Pike @pikey63]

@SciTriat Interesting listen, thanks Mikael. I decided to try Scott’s nose breathing aerobic threshold test and found my scores came out about 10 bpm higher than I’ve been using to date i.e @jfriel’s LTHR - 30bpm. Seems like a large, and to me surprising, discrepancy. Any thoughts…?

[Geoff Pike @pikey63]

First proper interval session last night…felt good…think it was a return to fitness but might have been my fabulous new #brooks ghosts from @RUN_Store very pleased with them…thank you Kurt, and for the recovery advice!

[Geoff Pike @pikey63]

@carolecadwalla Only just discovered you are in this fight…if there is one journalist I would recommend someone read it us you…keep going.

[Geoff Pike @pikey63]

I messaged @jfriel a few days ago to see if he had any insight into return to training post-covid. Apparently I was the first person to contact him about this so he tweeted a call out and was inundated with feedback...

https://t.co/P73ato7YAg

[Geoff Pike @pikey63]

Thanks very much Joe for collating and disseminating these so quickly.
The range of experience is astonishing.

[Geoff Pike @pikey63]

Grateful to @jfriel (author of seminal triathlon training manuals) for starting this thread. If any of you have experiences you wish to share with him please do comment on his thread.

[Geoff Pike @pikey63]

@jfriel Thanks so much for starting this thread Joe. I’m a month after Covid and struggling big time with elevated heart rate from pace/power effort levels in Z1 to Z2. I suspect easy patience will be the watch words for a while…🙏

[Geoff Pike @pikey63]

If only I could stick to this…🥴

[Geoff Pike @pikey63]

@doc_mermaid Well done Hildi, sending hugs…have you forwarded to Katya at CTS? X

[Geoff Pike @pikey63]

Just posted a photo @ Hever Castle & Gardens https://t.co/PBP4E7uhnh