Since I started training at the start of the year I have tried to step it up in incriments so that my body would get used to the bike again. I went from zero to First week of the year DEC 30-JAN 5 – 123.6 km 5h 47m Second week of the year JAN 6-12 – 253.7 km 10h 3m Third week of the year JAN 13-19 397.3 km 16h …Read more
Doing some more riding means that my injury needs some attention, thats where Ben comes in from Results Physio. A bit of ultrasound and massage and a few exercises keeps me going for the next week or so before I need to go back and get some more maintenance done !! Hopefully soon I wont need to get any more work done as it will have repaired itself.
In the early stages of riding you often ride long distances by yourself. As your riding along you often see all sorts of things on the road and I sometimes see a coin. Yesterday I saw 2 coins on the road and I picked them both up. I think that they are a good luck sign. I am taking that good luck as a sign that I am meant to …Read more
Well I went for a second ride today and did another 60km. The injury doesn’t seem to worry me on the bike. It seems to be feeling better and better each day so happy with that I think being nearly 95 kg’s is the thing that is holding me back. No time to lose, diets started !!
Well its the New Year! That means I need to make a decision. Can I get fit or will my injury rule me out of this year’s Tour De Cure? Well I got on the bike and turned the legs over for about half an hour and it felt ok! My hopes have started to raise again that I can make it to the start line!
Its been 6 long weeks since I tried to bend it like Beckham and kick a goal at a soccer coaching clinic and I am yet to get back on the bike to train for this years Tour de Cure. In the last 6 weeks I have seen 4 different physios, 2 doctors, had an ultrasound and MRI in my quest to start training again for this years Tour de …Read more
Im getting so frustrated with my Hip Flexer. I have started riding a bit but I cant do too much. Its a fine line between getting going on my training for the next Tour and doing myself more injury because I havnt let it recover. I have been on the bike a couple of times this week but it didnt feel good. Its a month since I did this injury …Read more
Well I have started training ……….. well sort of. The first week went well, 400 km and going well. Starting to feel good but a bit fatigued by the end, still a good start ………… then ………. Kicking the soccer ball with Nicholas was good fun till ………. crack. I did my hip flexer which has taken me off the bike for 3 weeks. I feel like I am now …Read more
I do it every year, vow to reform my ways after Tour has finished but then fall off the wagon ! Leading up to Tour each year we do a lot of training, its nothing to use thousands of calories on a long ride so that means that you can virtually eat what you like and still lose weight from around your middle. But …………………… when Tour is over I …Read more