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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

Friday, 1 May 2009

This week has been a training disaster

I have spent this week on a PRINCE2 course in Milton Keynes. Unfortunately, the hotel I stayed at didn't have a gym so the plan was to do lots of running and core work. Unfortunately, the course was fairly intensive with 2 - 3 hours of homework each night on the first 2 days. By Wednesday my head was spinning and, to cut a long story short, I have done very little training and did my best to consume my own bodyweight in food every day.

On the plus side the hotel food was very good and with a buffet style breakfast it would have been rude not to have the fruit juice, cereal, a cooked breakfast and maybe some toast or a croissant to finish off, all washed down with a couple of mugs of steaming hot, strong coffee. We were spoled for hoice for dinner, with a Loch Fyne fish restaurant (I'm not usually a big fish eater but the food here was outstanding - we ate there twice) and a Blanc Brasserie (very good as well) all within a 2 minute walk from the hotel.

Another plus side, I did get a chance to plan my next 6 weeks of base training so at least I know what I am doing over the next few weeks. No science involved, just "Get on your bike and ride" as Freddie Mercury once sang!

Any news on the IS duathlon?
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Mark "Frank" Whittle said...

Forget about this week mate, it was just a blip, plenty of time until Barcelona. Have you got yourself a new swimmer yet (no, that is no me volunteering!).

2 May 2009 at 07:35

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