Turbo Man's Fitness Blog: Feeling Better Thank You

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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

Tuesday, 2 June 2009

Feeling Better Thank You

Ah, the power of the Blog; thank you all for your supportive comments. Things are very much on the up Chez Turbo Man. The nice organisers of the IS Sportive e-mailed me back saying "No problem" about moving me from the 202km ride to the 126km ride. All of a sudden I felt like a huge weight had been lifted from my shoulders and I am now really looking forward to a hard ride on Sunday. Does a hilly 77 mile = a flat 112 miles? Training has also been going well; I took Roy's advice and beasted myself on the turbo last night and today I commuted on my road bike. Just under 46km at an average speed of a little over 31kmh; not bad whilst negotiating rush hour traffic. Also, Mrs Turbo Man has landed a job over in the Naval Dockyard in Portsmouth and although the hours are a bit unusual it's only for 4 days a week so there should be no need for me to ever go shopping again whilst we're here as Mrs T can do it on her day off on Friday. Result!

So, I'm feeling much better today. I'm still seriously contemplating selling the TT gear after Barcelona and setting myself up with my dream bike and becoming a dedicated roadie. We shall see.

Keep smiling folks.

2 comments:

Mark "Frank" Whittle said...: Glad you're feeling a bit more positive mate, that's the TurboMan we know! :-); 3 June 2009 at 07:22
Reg said...: Ahh so nice!!!!! Glad you are feeling a little better mate. Enjoy the ride out and tell us all about it after.; 3 June 2009 at 15:33