RAAM meeting (yesterday) was a great day, met up with about 30 other like-minded human beings. Some who are approaching the RAAM with slightly more intensity than I; some who seem to have the same book as I do and are reading from the very same page....now isn't that nice. Definitely came away from there stoked up. Lots of useful tips and I'll have to have a look back through my notes at some stage and make sure that they are shared with the rest of the team!

On a slightly more frustrating not...

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So I think that it's fairly safe to say that I'm happy with my 60+ VO2. Surprised actually since I've been doing diddly squat training wise since April. I was surprised how different it was doing a max test on the bike compared to the treadmill; I did at least one, maybe two treadmill based VO2 tests last year and it seemed to be my lungs that can't keep up with the pace that my legs need to go; conversely, on the bike I felt that my lungs had more in them but there was just nothing in the le...
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