Get knocked down 7 times, pick yourself up 8 times..

It’s the middle of July and it’s still raining! However, the law of average dictates that it should get better. I really hope it does..

 Faced with this site before a commute cycling to work this week was not nice!

So after a crappy ride to work, I got a real treat on the way home when I decided to attempt an Haugh Woods hill climb! 

 

Talk about zen time! :) 

I’m happy that my climbing is coming along really well! Where as in the past I used to just try and push in a high gear and use my body weight to spin the peddles round, now I’m producing more revolutions in a lower gear (still high enough that I am feeling resistance) which is all good! :D  

As ya do... 

The past couple of weeks I have been smashing out some good training and racing, even though the weather has been sh*t and I’m feeling a little bit tired!

Couple of Tuesdays ago I got home from work around 8pm and done a 6 mile run in the sunset. Including 4 hill reps of a hill near Brampton Abbots... was amazing! Times like that when you get a restored love for running! 

 

Then in that week Stuart and I done a 10 mile TT cycling 2 up. I have never done anything like that before and to be honest struggled. Anyone who as ever cycled with me would know that I can’t keep pace! I feel that I’m riding too slowly so I speed up and end up dropping the person who is following me. Not good!

So to keep pace, in a time trial was really painful! I got shouted back a couple of times.

All in all we got a time of 26.45 on the Walford course, which is my personal best. However, I know we can and will do better!  

Mud runner 

 

As races go, mud runner is a strange one. Its pretty expensive, it’s busy and all for a cross country! Christ on a bike though, it is addictive! I’ve done the icebreaker which is the duathlon and I have just completed the oblivion. Just the Classic to go and I will be a mud master! Happy days!

Because of the volume of people, we went off in waves of 200

High knees and running straight through the water worked well

staying focused

Last hill to the finish, overtook 5 runners. Hill training paying off.

Rabbit in the Headlights..

One thing that must be said about these races,

Everyone’s friendly, there’s good competition and you get really good post-race treatment!

26 out of 1160… woop woop!

In October Fuzz, Chappers, Mr L, Dale and I are going to do the classic. I have known  these guys for years.. can't wait! :D