Week2 diary

Sunday 27Jan08
Rest day, I am feeling the effects of the calorie burn during training. (Also kids are not well so I might have picked something up from them.) Go to bed early and hope to sleep it off.


Saturday 26Jan08
Up nice and early ready to ride at 7.30, am going to be trying out my new isotonic drink plus have a power bar just in case!
The ride goes really well until I get to Elstead, I only make one mistake. However, at Elstead I lose my bearing (and my marbles) and cycle the wrong way for 2-3 miles. When I turn round and get back to Elstead I again miss my turning for Shakleford, as luck would have it I see Iain coming the other way. After consulting the map I head across the A3 and go via Godalming, to Guildford and home. In all I manamge 70.8 miles so I am really pleased. Unfortunately the wife has gone out and I forgot my keys so I spent 45 minutes stretching and trying not to get too cold.
The isotonic drink worked well and I was thankful for the power bar during my wait.
I think I need a bigger water bottle, I also need to think about "carbo loading" because I burnt 3,750kCals during the ride!!


Friday 25Jan08
Rest day, time to relax before my Saturday morning ride.


Thursday 24Jan08
I have noticed that my brake blocks are being consumed rather quickly. I have checked with the bike shop experts and their view was that this was to be expected given the amount of water on the roads. So I have invested in some new brake blocks and plan to use my copy of "Zinn and the Art to Road Bike Maintenance" to guide me through the change out. Completed another 60mins turbo training , raised my cadence and heart rate level from Monday's work out.


Wednesday 23Jan08
First spinning class. Never done this before…how hard can it be. The answer is as hard as you want to make it!! The instructor was late and thus unable to explain the finer details of what to do (such as 4up 4 down blah blah) but I got by, at least until we were "sprinting" out of our saddles and then the instructor said slow down. I slowed down too fast and nearly went AoT off the bike, still no damage done. Overall I think it is worthwhile "high"impact training and I will try to go weekly.


Tuesday 22Jan08
Still waiting for the delivery of my backpack, once I have this I plan to start riding to work. Planned my route for Saturday - lets hope it is a nice day!


Monday 21Jan08
Feeling good after the rest day so hit the turbo trainer - whilst watching Ocean's 11. Good session, even manage to do some single leg work - this is much harder than it sounds, end up cycling for just over 90minutes.