As the title suggests, sub zero temperatures have severely limited my riding since I returned from what, rather grandly, be called the KMB training camp.
During the course of the week I shed 4 kg, probably on the first day's utter shoeing from Ali and Neil over 3 large passes. I bucked my ideas up seriously after that and was actually starting to feel like a cyclist at the end of the week. I always find that after an utter disaster of a day the best thing to do is remind yourself tomorrows another day and your first chance to put it right, and i'm getting it right now.
Back to Cumbria and i've been tapping out really easy 4 hour base rides at the weekends, largely on main roads due to icy conditions, and (stunningly for me) staying off the hills. I'm feeling better every ride and just about to go onto a rest week timed conviniently for Christmas (coincidence? Don't you believe it). After that i can start to put some tempo work into my rides on the road and the turbo.
And speaking of Turbo training... I have now exhausted my collection of cycling DVDs that i watch through the winter months of sweating it out on the home trainer. Donations or recommendations welcome. Something really exciting and inspiring, i'm thinking, like the Pantani retrospective or some burly guy shouting "motivational" slogans. Wait a second... Good God! Thats.. Thats Andy Wrigleys music!
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