This week I revelled in the media stories about Cadel's awesome win in the TdF last Sunday night. I also slept in and went to bed early! It was a tough tour! The mainstream media jumped on and there were so many 'experts' coming out of the woodwork. But if it raises awareness of cycling a bit in Australia and gives, what is still considered by many as a fringe sport - more coverage, then thats a great thing. Last weekend was fantastic. One of the best for a long time! Cadel's big win and then the mighty West Coast Eagles 1 point win over the dockers was icing on the cake. Monday was great. Oh yeah, and I finally succumbed to the pressure and bought an iPad. They are great!
Training was just so-so this week. Nothing really special or any highlights. Got 4 runs and 3 rides done. Had my 1st ride on the spin bike at work - which was pretty good, until the seat worked it self loose. It was so quite and smooth and gave a real good feel of a constant effort. I certainly got a good little work out from it. I made it to the RW ride yesterday and we did all the little hills in Mosman Park, including the Coombe etc. I drove into Matthews Netball centre and parked the car there, as I has netball Dad duties to perform. It was a good solid hit out. Only about 6 of us turned up. The weather, which has been terrible, was actually pretty good - until the last 5min! Then it dumped down on us BIG TIME! I got soaked and rolled into the coffee shop very wet. It was good to catch up with Stenchy, Lindy and Dave who have only just got back from IM Niece etc. Sounds like it was a very tough race.
So my modest weekly totals were:
Run : 31km
Ride: 99km
Time: 6:20hrs
I think there is only 2 weeks (from 16 total) of my Out Season program left, then I spend 2 weeks 'transitioning' before the 12 week Race Prep phase at the start of September. Starting to get serious soon...yikes!
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