Turbo Man's Fitness Blog: It's been a pants week so far ...

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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, 19 September 2009

It's been a pants week so far ...

Things were ticking along nicely until I woke up on Thursday with a sore throat. This close to Barcelona I decided to take the rest option so have clocked up very little mileage this week. I'm feeling better now and have the Southdowns Challenge sportive tomorrow; 80 miles around the western end of the South Downs, some of which goes over my regular training rides. I'm in a group of 8 who are looking for gold standard but as many of the group are under 40 the target is to achieve gold standard for that age group - 4 hours 19 minutes. Should be a good workout and hopefully this old man will still be around at the end to show some of these young pups the way home. Am looking forward to it.