Getting Back in the Groove (ish)

Time has slipped by again. I am finding it difficult to findthe time to make entries on this Blog. However, I am determined to keep this record of my sport chugging along. My post-deployment leave has finished and I am back at work in my new job at TSW Stafford. the job looks good and there is a good bike commute on offer. I tested the ride a few times last week and it is going to be a very hard winter, me thinks! The hills are constant and quite draining - well I did live in Cambridgshire previously! So last week I did a full week of training, including 3 runs. However, my achilles' are not good and I struggled to put together any decent runs. I was tired by the weekend too and I seriously need to build back the training volume slowly! I just know that I will go and load up the training volume and intensity at the same time! Last Thursday the Tour of Britain was passing through my area. I managed to ride to the start (met Roy B) to soak up the atmosphere. Then, I rode back home to collect my girls to go and watch the race climb the Okemoor hill (my new training hill). Then, we hot-fgooted it to the finish to watch the race end in Stoke. We had a great day and both my girls were well happy to see Twiggo and Cav in the flesh - very close- up too.

I drafted the top paragraphs last week. What was I saying about getting back to training volumes slowly to avoid injury? Poop; I am crocked. Both achilles tendons are giving me grief and now my ITB on my left side is quite bad. Stairs are a struggle at the moment! I guess I just need to rest up, stretch and work the achilles. This is all very frustrating, particularly after the wiped out 2012 race season due to my detachment with work. I had hoped to race at Carsington Duathlon in october - no chance of that now. I am off now, before I complain any further!