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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

Wednesday, 9 December 2009

Easing back into it gently

I'm back on my bike, albeit that it's on the turbo in the garage and just working through easy spinning with very short reps at a slightly higher intensity. The aim is simply to get the legs used to cycling again. The weather has been truly horrible of late and I'm not sure I can remember such a consistently long period of very wet weather (or is it that my memory is just fading?), but I am planning to get out on the road on Sunday even if it is just for an hour or so. From little acorns ...

I've had a couple of parcels arrive wih goodies for my Litespeed; carbon bottle cages from Planet X and a USE Carbon Alien Cyclops seatpost. Both are gorgeous and super light. I will start piecing the Litespeed back together this weekend but have to wait for Christmas for all the bits. I really am quite excited about riding this bike again; it will be interesing to see what difference a 1.5 pound weight reduction makes to the ride, or will I not notice? We shall see.

Train smart folks.
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3 comments:

Sags said...

Surely you plan to lose more that 1.5 LBS? 8-)

10 December 2009 at 20:06
Turbo Man said...

1.5 pounds on the bike might just inspire me to get down to 11 stone!!! (that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it!).

11 December 2009 at 12:14
Mark "Frank" Whittle said...

I doubt you'll see any difference mate, 1.5lb is nothing (I can sh*t a lb!). ;-)

12 December 2009 at 09:31

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