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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

Saturday 8 August 2009

Barca Prep Starts in Earnest

Having realised that there is just 8 weeks to QCB I thought I had better dust off the TT bike. So far this year I have ridden The Prince of Darkness for just 20km at the Brize tri so thought I should really get some miles under my belt before I head off to Spain. The easiest way to do this is, of course, to put it on the turbo, so after giving it a quick clean and taking a picture of the bike in IM spec (simply turned the stem upside down to raise the bars a couple of cm) it is now turbo ready (changed the disk for a normal wheel with a proper turbo tyre).
Tomorrow I have a long road ride planned; this will be about 3 hours on my Litespeed depending on how I feel. It's been a good week so far with approx 130 miles of cycling completed, including a couple of nails turbo sessions. Looking forwarad to 2.5 weeks of leave that starts next Thursday evening, when I expect the mileage to properly ramp up.
Train smart folks.
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