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I did my second half marathon this weekend in Ealing which is quite hilly. Took it slowly in the first half but still found myself running out of energy and walking for a bit towards the end. ...

Did my first half marathon over the weekend with a time just over 1 hour 45. Not bad I suppose but fell into the classic beginners trap of going too quickly at the start and not having anything left...

Since last posting here I discovered the gear shift on my old mountain bike had stopped working, locking me out of top gear. Being a bloke the failure of this five quid plastic mechanism gave me the...

If you can travel that far I heard Guantanamo bay do free sessions, spinning fits in between waterboarding and mock executions apparently.

I've managed to survive one session of spinning, never...

I find treadmills a poor substitute for running outside, not enough cooling and too much give underfoot. At my best I can do 5 km in about 18 minutes 30 (or used to a long time ago anyway) outside...

So that was you was it? Grrr.

My bike has flat pedals, no straps so I find standing up gives a very jerky movement. I know things will improve if I get straps or clip ons but for the mo I just...

Yeah but comfortable gearing for me means getting overtaken by 6 year old girls on My Little Pony bikes with stabilisers. I'd rather go through agonising pain and not be able to cycle after than go...

You need to start running for 20 minutes or more but you don't have to sprint all the way to get fitter. When I first began running back at uni I did 5 km and started off easy but made sure I went...

I didn't want to destroy your confidence as I heard you're just starting out.

Bradley Wiggins used to use me to pace himself cycling. Until he realised he couldn't keep up with my jogging pace...

Yeah but you get a reading from the machine as to how far you ran.

Sure you'll just have to take my word that I run 50 km a day but hey.

How about treadmill running?

Its a course where you swim with your baby so you can bond while he/she gets used to being in water. Rhyme time is a course where you sing along with your baby to nursery rhymes.

In my area the...

Are you planning on enrolling your kid into water babies and stuff like that?

The gym membership isn't really for you, its for the baby silly! If its got good kiddie facilities believe me, the money you spend will be worth its weight in gold especially if your local council...

Sorry to hijack your question but one thing you might consider after the baby is a few months old is to get membership at a decent gym.

A few months ago my wife badgered me into doing so and its...

Thanks for all the advice on this thread, much appreciated.

Unfortunately my wife tells me that because our childcare arrangements have changed cycling to work is not going to be an option so that...

Funny, those bikes are the exact range that got me into trouble... and my hypothetical budget started off at the same point and grew to £500 for the same reasons.

I'll have to go off and have a...

If I get anything it'll be a hybrid or roadbike. I don't get to go off-road enough to make a mountain bike worthwhile.

Thanks, but no my budget is nowhere near £1000k plus. If anything it'd be about half that. As such I'd be looking more at aluminium vs steel with carbon nowhere on the horizon I guess :(

I...

Guys, I need to pick your collective brains.

I'm thinking of taking up cycling again, at least for commuting. I've got an old cheap cruddy mountain bike I've fitted road tyres to, and I'm...