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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

Thursday, 12 June 2008

I've just got my legs back

Hi folks, thanks for all the comments re Bala; maybe a few more of us will be there next year?

I've been at Honington for a few days which is why I've not posted any training updates, but the truth is I haven't done anything. On the plus side, my legs actually feel normal today so I will be easing myself back into training tomorrow with ... a hilly run session down at Luton! Am I mad? Am planning a long ride Saturday morning (not sure if Sags can make it) and a half marathon run on Sunday and then I've got a 2 week block to get some quality bike mileage in along with 2 more half marathon runs and some steady swim sessions. That should lead me nicely into my taper for CowMan.

Well done to Sags for winning at Odiham - I noticed that the bike course was 2 laps; where did it go? And Vicky Webb seemed to have an absolute stormer to be just a minute or so behind a pack of you challenging for 3rd place.

Train smart.

2 comments:

Iron Girl said...

Vicky is going very well on her new Planet X. She is a superb athlete but she has bonded with her new steed and just looks so smooth on it.

The course at Odiham was great. We turned left out of the station (as per the old route)onto the B3349 (Alton Road) but at the bottom of the first descent turned left towards Long Sutton. At the end of the next descent in Well turned left then after quite a while turned left through Odiham High Street (where most people got held up for at least a few seconds). Out of Odiham village we followed the drag up the B3349 to the station - apparently this was the last part of the old course. You'd have loved it

Turbo Man said...

Who says BLING doesn't pay?

Another person converted to bike geek! Brilliant!!!