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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 24 September 2009

It's All Coming Together Nicely...

Weighed myself this morning - 76kg. Just 1kg off my target race weight when I set out on this particular event journey so I suppose I shouldn't be too unhappy. Very pleased with my preparation even though it hasn't been perfect.

I took PoD out on the road today for 45 minutes in race mode (everything but only 1 water bottle instead of 2); it was easy to maintain 36kmh and there were no handling issues despite the coastal breeze. PoD is, quite simply, a much faster bike on the flat than my Litespeed. I averaged 33.5kmh for the 45 minutes that included lunchtime traffic, roundabouts, traffic lights and some poor road surfaces; I have absolute confidence that on closed roads with a super smooth road surface it will be OK to average 36kmh.

I fly out a week today and am getting quite excited about it all.
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