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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

Monday, 27 December 2010

Christmas Presents

My ribs/back/side is still very sore so no training to report. So I thought I would focus on something positive and record the bike associated Christmas gifts I received.

1. A pair of Continental GP4000S tyres. Excellent; new tyres are always welcome.

2. A set of Cateye lights. An excellent addition for the Planet X training bike and will guarantee I can see and be seen.

3. A pair of Sealskinz gloves. Windproof and waterproof and made with merino wool so should be warm as well; I'm actually looking forward to testing these out on the road.

I also received some other very useful stuff like Toblerone (the chosen sweet of the Gods!) and a Pure Highway DAB radio for the car; this will be brilliant for the return journeys to Leeds that I do on a fairly regular basis.

I plan to measure and adjust the turbo bike today so at least I should be able to get on the turbo for some easy cycling until the ribs are ready for the harder stuff (hopefully by the time the training plan starts on 3 Jan 11).

Happy New Year!
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2 comments:

Cavegirl said...

Be honest,there wouldn't have been any training to report if you'd been uninjured!

You have a very obliging family!

27 December 2010 at 14:15
Sags said...

Any bike bling is always welcome chap. Hope your traing goes well and we get to meet up at the RAF Sprint races. Looks like my race schedule will allow me to run flat out at the sorints in 2011.

27 December 2010 at 19:26

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