Well, I didn’t make the St Ives CC Club Run on Sunday. I prepared my kit on Saturday evening whilst feeling lousy. As optimistic as ever, I thought that I would feel ok the next morning. This was not the case and I probably felt worse on the Sunday morning. Hence the past week has been a very slack week training. I know that if I pushed through the illness I would just risk totally breaking down. However, my frustration has increased!!! I completed a very light gym session yesterday and an easy swim drill session. This morning I ran with the dog for an easy 5 miles. During this run I seemed to empty the contents of my sinus tubes all over Cambridgeshire – things are not quite back to normal yet. I am delaying my planned turbo efforts until I am 100% recovered. Strange, though, how one easy week with plenty of rest makes me feel as though I have lost all fitness! No matter what I do I cannot remove this mentality from my mind-set - this is why I do not taper well! Oh well, at least I enjoy feeling wiped out from training!
All the rain we have been having has seen me create a true winter training bike for the first time. I have managed to get my Giant OCR 3 back on the road. It needed new cables, a new front ring shifter and bar tape – as well as some tlc on all moving parts! I also fitted some race blade mudguards; I am very impressed with these. The only thing I don’t like is the lack of aero bars! However, the St Ives roadies don’t like me using them, even when they suck my wheel for miles!
Christmas is coming!! What will Santa bring you bloggers? I am hoping for some nice new Endura overboots.
Train well
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