Funny how the best laid plans can come unstuck by the most unexpected of events... That ridiculous rib injury, caused by my newly-found surfing gumbiness, meant around 3 weeks off the bike. Hence my stats for the month are nowhere as I had planned...
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Mileage: 230km (2012 year-to-date: 4063km)
Weight: 78kg (1kg increase)
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My main focus now that I'm over the worst of the injury is to get back to some good, regular mileage again. This past week has been much harder than I expected!! My legs have felt pretty sluggish, so it's obviously going to take a good 2-3 weeks before I start getting some spark back into them again.
My main mileage goal now is to crack 5000km for the year. I have never done this before, and its a very important one for me to achieve on a personal level. Without too much bad luck, I should achieve this. I'll talk more about its importance to me in a later blog-post...
The other thing I'm working towards is, of course, racing!! The Brisbane Blast is looming large on the horizon - its only a month away, and I'll have to really work hard if I'm to hit it in any sort of form. Its also my last chance for Open racing this year, so I have plenty of motivation to get the legs into half-decent shape by then.
As always, I'm looking forward with positivity and motivation to keep up my trend of slow, gradual improvement. I still believe I can make it onto some sort of podium before the year is out - last time I did that was a 4th place back in 2008, so its been a long time between drinks!! But I honestly believe I am in the best shape that I've been in since my school days (oh so long ago), so some tangible cycling results can't be far off...
Happy riding everyone!!
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