Turbo Man's Fitness Blog: Cycling Shoes and Scampton Road Race

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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 9 June 2012

Cycling Shoes and Scampton Road Race

Well I found my cycling shoes. Why on earth would I expect to find them in the shoe cupboard? I was asked this week if I would start the Scampton Road Race, but said "Start it? No, I'll enter it". I don't know why but I thought it would be a nice easy 5km event, I really should check these things before agreeing to them. And then the organiser mentioned there was a hill involved; it's Lincolnshire for goodness sake! So I have now committed myself to a 10km event next week, having not run that distance since 2008. Anyone else doing this race? If so, expect to see me crawling round at the end!

2 comments:

Daz Sharpe said...: Not doing it as it's not in keeping with my weeks training schedule, enjoy it though I've seen the course and the hill aint that big ;-); 11 June 2012 at 15:55
Turbo Man said...: I'm training well for it; today I did treacle pudding with custard and a couple of bottles of Spitfire!; 12 June 2012 at 22:23