Wednesday, 30 Jan 2008
No turbo class today, I'm back in London now and getting to the class I'd planned to go to is not going to be easy. Going to investigate Gyms in Bishop's Stortford and find out if there are any spinning classes - after reading Paul's Blog it sounded interesting!
Receive the nutrition analysis forms from Julie today - will spend the next three days filling in what I eat. Maybe filling in the last three days would be more realistic - at least I won't be influenced by knowing that I am tracking what I eat!
I am getting stressed out about lack of time, and the lack of longer rides. I'm going out early tomorrow morning, and early Saturday morning, but I'm just not going to get the chance to do a long ride this weekend. The rest of the team seem to be doing 60+ miles on a ride and the most I've done so far in a single ride is 41. I'm feeling that I need to up the miles I'm doing in advance of the team ride on the 16 Feb - I'm worried that I won't keep up, and very worries about how poor I am at ascents!
I am hoping to go to Beyond Mountain Bikes on Sunday and order my bike. Hopefully I can pick it up on the 9/10 Feb and get a few rides in on it before the team ride. It's all a bit frantic and stressful...
Thoughts on the event
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You may have noticed that there were no entries for the couple of weeks
before the ride. This is due to a) Me trying to get everything done in time
both ...
16 years ago
2 comments:
John, remember this is a marathon not a sprint (the training and the event itsself). You need to build up gradually from your fitness level. From what I read you are up with the training schedule on the web site. Also remember you have had the added pressure of getting your equipment sorted out. I'm sure the other riders will appreciate the effort you are putting in and set their pace accordigly. That is what you will all have to do on the ride if you are going to get through it together. It's not a competion.
Keep up the hard work.
Dad.
Thanks - I know you are (w)right! I am trying to build things up gradually and I'm happy that I'm on track according to my training schedule! Some days just don't feel as good as others - that's all :-)
I'm sure that after the team ride on the 16 Feb, I'll feel happier about my progress! It's just hard doing the training on your own with nothing to compare yourself against!
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