Turbo Man's Fitness Blog: The simple joy of a bike 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, 3 May 2009

The simple joy of a bike ride

Well I actually managed to get out this morning and covered 62km in a little under 2 hours and 10 minutes. It was great to be out, I hadn't set myself any time target, just to ride for 60km so it was out for 30km, then turn round and head home. The only caveat was that I wanted a negative split, but within a couple of minutes of heading out it was apparent that that would not be a problem, as I headed off into a strong headwind I knew it would be on my back on the return leg. Other than a small navigation error on the return leg that added 2km to the journey it was a very pleasant ride with some hills, a nice change from Cambridgeshire. I reached the 30km turnround point in 1:09 so did the 32km back in a touch over the hour. My body needs time to adapt to riding again after my lack of cycling over the last few weeks, but here's hoping that I have turned the corner and can get some serious training done now.

Train smart folks.