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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, 28 August 2008

As if 2 HIMs in 8 days isn't enough ...


I am going to do a 10 mile TT this Saturday - looking for a PB and sub 24 minutes. This was one of my targets at the beginning of the year but I just haven't done any TTs (other than a 2-up 2 x 10 mile TT with Sags), so it will be time to enter the Hurtbox, HTFU and give it some stick. Lets hope for a calm day. And for extra motivation, the guy who finished 6th in the Brit 10 mile TT champs is also racing; any bets on how close I can get to him? Last time I raced in the same event as him it was about 3:30 - anything around 3 minutes would be good I guess.

I've also been doing some retail therapy of late. I have an aero seatpost for The PoD, some new wheel magnets for the computer (after spending 30 minutes trying to work out why the computer wasn't working, changing all the batteries, swearing at it (which unsurprisingly didn't work!), I realised the magnet had fallen off!), and a new bike bag - Polaris bike pod. Looks really good and will give it a trial run out to Ireland in 2 weeks time (2 weeks today actually, getting excited!). Retail price in UK is £299 but ProBikeKit have them on offer at £175 delivered; now that's a bargain even my wife can (almost) understand.

2 comments:

Iron Girl said...

2 pbs in a week? Can you do it? Yes you can!

Turbo Man said...

Oh go on, pile on the pressure!