Just a small update for this week. Not too much going on at the moment. Had a good training week and hit some good sessions. Managed a full 3800m swim session on the Tuesday, and hit all the other sessions in the week with the exception of cutting my swim on Thursday short.
Woke up Saturday feeling ridiculously tired, probably not helped by not getting a particularly early night which was pretty stupid. But felt totally drained. Had planned to go out for a 5hr ride, but what with feeling pretty poor, and the weather being horrendous (20mph+ wind, and rain, no thanks!) I decided better of it. Instead I did absolutely nothing, should have gone for a run but just didn't feel like it.
I hoped to feel better for Sunday and the weather was certainly looking up, so I thought about getting a good ride in Sunday instead. Luckily there was a local 100mile Sportive on the Sunday, so I turned up Sunday morning and rode the Sportive. Never done one before, so was pleasantly surprised. Good fun with a great bunch of friendly people, and was nice to ride in a pacey group rather than completely solo.
Ended up finishing in just under 6 hours, including the food stops (lovely excuse to eat plenty of free flapjack!) and was happy enough to get a gold with an average speed just over 17mph. Was on the road bike so am hoping I can carry a bit more speed on the TT bike than that, but happy with fitness overall. Didn't feel bad afterwards either save for some pretty tight hamstrings. There were a few photographers out on the course so will hopefully get some pictures to update the post later
Ride: http://app.strava.com/activities/60702267
Woke up Monday morning, and the tight hamstrings had not subsided. I remember getting the feeling after the Outlaw half to a lesser extent, but it can't have been helped by racing then sitting in a car for 2hrs 30 to drive home. Anyway, they were tighter than ever this morning, so I decided to go for a sports massage, another first of mine. It was brilliant, my hamstrings were pretty knotted and very tight, as were my calfs aswell. Feeling much better now, so should be good for the weekend, when I'm hoping to enter another local 100 mile sportive. Think I'll be looking to get a few more massages in before my main race too, as I think its probably money well spent.
Also applied for my British cycling racing licence this week, in the hope of getting into a few Cat 4 races. There is a circuit race local to me run on summer evenings, so weather permitting may enter my first road race this week! More to come on that pending weather!
So overall, a good week. Dead keen on most of my sessions now which is a vast improvement. Racing and training with other people has definetly helped with that massively.
In the meantime, thanks for reading!
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