Sunday 12 February 2012

Brick session

Following a late night today started with an early morning rise to watch my son play football in a cup match. Exciting game which he won despite 2 red cards and a lot of abuse from the oppositions parents - people get really uptight at these games. So when I returned I went out on my bike for 3 lonely hours - the mental side is really important and I just had to "man up" and get on with it. The roads were dodgy with a load of "farmers poo" and mud across the roads but when you're doing 35 mph when you come across it you can leave your own deposit if you get my meaning! This is the start of regular out door long bike rides no matter what the weather as Lanza is approaching.
When I finished I had to run for 20 minutes as this was a brick session I.e. You run immediately off the bike to get your legs used to it. Your brain tells something isn't right as different muscles start to complain. And from now on every time I get off the bike I need to run. After some food I had a power nap in order to help recovery as the last five days have been full on and I was shattered. Early night as I'm in the pool at 7.30 am tomorrow. Goodnight.