Brief roundup of skating/training-related stuff in the last few weeks while I can still remember enough of it that I can reconstruct the order of events using a calendar and the LSST forum. It's been raining a lot, too.

• 15th May, Tatem session (rained off after about 30 minutes), bike there and back
• SWF race at Tatem, 20 May
• Really good Tatem session, 22 May. Having foolishly said not long prior that I won't be skating for "any kind of CV work, because I get that for free when cycling - does way more for my heart rate than I ever manage when skating", Adrian Wordsworth proved me wrong by subjecting us all to 2x500m, 2x1000m, 2x1500m. 1st 500m I came in way at the back, second I still came in near the back; longer distances I was generally dropping off the back after taking a turn on the front and failing to get back on again. Bike there and back.
• LFNS lead 25th May: it's summer, so was mostly pretty pedestrian. A few short sprints on the second half.
• inexplicable gap for a week or so, I think caused by having no bicycle and being too lazy to get trains to Tatem
• Having worked out I was unlikely to win anything at Preston and needn't therefore care too much about being fresh for it, LFNS bike second half, 1st June
• Preston marathon, 3rd June. Can't be bothered to write this up again, see Peter and my combined report
• LFNS bike riding 8th June, also cycled there and back. It feels like less work than it used to, but this is partly because the bike is lighter this year than it used to be. Also see above: it's summer and the skate is slow
• rest today