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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, 16 May 2011

Cycling Seems to be Improving



I know I'm still some way off where my cycling peak was last year, but I seem to now be in that very pleasant place where I am really enjoying my cycling and I feel that I'm moving along at a reasonable pace. This evening I rode to the CrossFit gym for tonight's strength session, and once on the top of the hill there was a nice tailwind pushing me along at a fair old pace. So fair a pace, in fact, that the group of teenage scooter-ists (is that a real word?) were only travelling 1 or 2 mph more than I was! The looks on their faces were priceless! And I smashed my home to gym PB (41 minutes)!

The WOD was AMRAP in 5 minutes of 3 x deadlifts (65kg for me, a bit too light in hindsight) and 7 x push-press (32.5kg, probably just about right). I managed 6 rounds with 3 deadlifts and 1 push-press of the 7th round. After a few minutes recovery I had a very pleasant ride home, the wind was not too bad and with the downhill assistance I managed the return journey in 41 minutes. Proves how fast going there was!

Train smart (take note Roy!).
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