Well here we are, and to be honest I don't really know where to start. Maybe a brief introduction.
My name is Ed and I am a keen amateur cyclist. This year I competed in numerous sportives culminating in the etape, up Mont Ventoux. It all went swimmingly well.
Then in September I got a chest infection that from mid October completely stopped me exercising. Its now early December and I think I've got the all clear to start training again. I won't go into all the symptoms but they are not all gone. Apparently though I need to start exercising again to get completely better (and I needed a doctor to tell me that? Hmmm).
Anyway, this is good news. And while not wanting to seem like I'm just copying my friend Simon (http://rideandrunsimon.blogspot.com/) I thought I would start a blog to detail my efforts. To be honest I'm not sure on the main goal for next summer but I am trying to talk another Simon into taking on the Marmotte 2010, and if I can replicate this years efforts it should be very attainable.
I hope that this blog may be different (and therefore interesting?!) from others in that I have - to a certain extent - been there and done it, but am now forced to start again. This is quite depressing in many ways but I have to ignore all that and get on with it. Hopefully I can apply what I know and get back to being better than I was in July. Or to put it another way, I have all the kit I could possibly need, I'll be damned if its all going to waste :-)
If you are kind enough to spend your time reading this then I must say a genuine thank you. There are a million things to do nowadays (especially online) so if you spend some time here I am grateful. You can expect to find details of the training I have planned, what actually gets done, my motivations (I expect to find that bit interesting myself) and the end results. There will also be some numbers, like mileage, weight, fat etc. And knowing me quite a bit on nutrition too. Probably worth mentioning at this point I have a mild obsessive compulsive side, so don't be surprised to see that cropping up. Having said that lets be honest, when it comes to getting down to 7-8 months training, its not a bad trait to have.
If you have any comments you would like to make or advice on starting again please do let me know. Or if you are new to all this and have a question please do ask. I will not profess to know everything, but am more than happy to pass on anything that may be of help. I have gained a lot of knowledge through trial and error - as well as from others - which has helped me hugely, so it only seems fair to pass it on.
So then, deep breath, here goes... :-)
I look forward to reading you interesting blog.
ReplyDeleteI look forward to making it interesting. First things first, why is the posting time wrong?
ReplyDeleteAh, because it thought I was in the Pacific US. Obviously.
ReplyDeleteFound your blog via Simon Lewis'. Good luck with the Marmotte, I'll look forward to reading about it as it's on my to do list. I drove over the Galibier about 25 years ago in a fully loaded Vauxhall Cavalier heading for the Ecrins for some mountaineering. At the time I was compltely stunned by the thought of people riding bikes up that thing!
ReplyDeleteGood luck. Time off can mean you come back stronger than ever. Good luck and I look forward to reading your blog.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comments.
ReplyDeleteTrio, at the moment I would take being able to come back and breath properly again! But thanks, that's a great thought to have. Will be doing my upmost to make it happen.
John, that's funny about Galibier. I drove up Honister Pass once and didn't think the car would make it. If you had told me then that 10 years later I would cycle up it as part of a 112 mile ride I would have sent for the men in white coats! Funny how things turn out :-)
You will! I remember my first ride after two months of complete inactivity when ill (ie not really leaving bed). We did less than 10miles on the road, so slow lots of stopping. Things are very different now!
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