Turbo Man's Fitness Blog: Sunday's Ride

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'It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.' Theodore Roosevelt 23 April 1910

Sunday 18 May 2008

Sunday's Ride

Sags was unable to ride today so after a pleasant lie in I headed out on my own. Motivated by an article in this week's Cycling Weekly I decided to do some hill efforts, which is not the easist thing to do in Cambridgeshire. Anyway, I managed a good session (10 efforts, 5 spinning and 5 grinding) and then continued the ride out towards Cambridge. It was a bit windy and I was looking forward to having a nice tailwind blowing me home, however, the wind never seemed to be completely behind me.

Overall a nice ride, 2 hours 45 mins and 80.5km. Another good week ticked off and looking forward to the Brize sprint next Wednesday.

2 comments:

Unknown said...: Turbo was that the 'Big Mans guide to Climbing'???
nice article! i saw the same title on a different web-site altogether?
looks like your going well have a good un at BZZ
ATB; 18 May 2008 at 18:24
Turbo Man said...: Yes, it was "The Big Man's Guide to Climbing". I'm not 90kg but climbing is my main weakness so I figure that I have nothing to lose by giving it a go.

I'm really looking forward to Brize; the weather forecast is good (only a very light wind) so fast bike splits should certainly be achievable.; 18 May 2008 at 20:33