I think Bike Reviews must have been reading my last post!
I've been doing some steady km's this week both indoors and out. I've taken note that the day I stopped work was the last day of half way decent weather.....what power! Since that day its been cold, wet and windy and I've been riding in all 3...just to familiarise myself with riding in less than clement weather. Looking at the forecast for Sicily..it seems pretty much as it is here.
I've also been checking out how to order my usual coffee, which is long black with cold milk on the side and have come up with the following....no doubt if its wrong someone will tell me..please(!), but I got it from a blog called Access Italy.....un caffe lungo in tazza grande con latte freddo a parte......per favore.
Grooving....
Showing posts with label training and waffle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label training and waffle. Show all posts
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Saturday, April 24, 2010
on retiring, holidays,training and ash
The last few days have been exhausting! Lots of farewells, hugs and kisses, a lot of nice things said and many laughs. I need a few days to get over all the emotions. A holiday in fact!
Today's ash cloud and travel woes have taken a back seat in the news for all except Iceland and the far north of Scotland. Of course even if it was in full force, it would have been knocked off the front page here in Aus 'cos we have....wait for it.... a sporting scandal...and so nothing, I repeat NOTHING tops that here....even WW3 would struggle to hit the front page!
I'm not sure how other airlines are dealing with the backlog, but Singapore airlines are slotting the poor stranded ones in where there are spaces and those of us with confirmed seats later on are guaranteed a seat...which means there'll be some very full planes I guess. Also noted are that prices have shot up...Alex has got caught by that with his Emirates flight to Portugal going up by $200.
Better get back on the bike I guess..racing and retiring have kept me over tired and away from steady training recently and my mental health needs the physical activity. So only 2 weeks to go now. I've had a test pack and am happy that I've reduced things down to just within the weight allowance. All I have to add to the untidy heap of gear on our lounge room floor are mud guards (a part of my leaving present).
I know, I know.. not a very PRO look, but since I'll be riding no matter what the weather having them on is heaps better than a greasy wet streak up my back .......but I draw the line at the following!
although if my neck was so stiff I couldn't turn it and the only way I could get on the road would be to have a mirror then perhaps/maybe/possibly I could go with this one
I'm not sure how other airlines are dealing with the backlog, but Singapore airlines are slotting the poor stranded ones in where there are spaces and those of us with confirmed seats later on are guaranteed a seat...which means there'll be some very full planes I guess. Also noted are that prices have shot up...Alex has got caught by that with his Emirates flight to Portugal going up by $200.
Better get back on the bike I guess..racing and retiring have kept me over tired and away from steady training recently and my mental health needs the physical activity. So only 2 weeks to go now. I've had a test pack and am happy that I've reduced things down to just within the weight allowance. All I have to add to the untidy heap of gear on our lounge room floor are mud guards (a part of my leaving present).
I know, I know.. not a very PRO look, but since I'll be riding no matter what the weather having them on is heaps better than a greasy wet streak up my back .......but I draw the line at the following!
although if my neck was so stiff I couldn't turn it and the only way I could get on the road would be to have a mirror then perhaps/maybe/possibly I could go with this one
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Training and a bit of waffle
Today's ride was the 120km MAD ride...Melbourne Autumn Daytour. The weather was great..not hot, a bit windy and what's more important...dry!
The profile of the ride below shows we were working out there..I'd have to confess to getting a bit fed up of undulations though.
There were thousands of cyclists out on the roads doing the main ride or one of the shorter ones, but I saw no-one I knew, which surprised me as I've been riding and racing for over ten years now, and had expected to see at least one person I knew.
At the end of the ride I realised that a few things need to be altered with my bike set up...its great for racing but need a tweak or two to allow me to be comfortable for a multiplicity of days riding over 100km.
On the drive back listening to Radio National, I was most amused to hear that the Japanese can download "therapeutic" ring tones that apparently help deal with/cure obesity, hay fever and insomnia!! Comment was made about the lack of research backing up these innovations!
And while I'm on miscellaneous waffle...I'm truly glad that my employer doesn't make me wear rabbit ears in the days before Easter!..or any other time (!)
There were thousands of cyclists out on the roads doing the main ride or one of the shorter ones, but I saw no-one I knew, which surprised me as I've been riding and racing for over ten years now, and had expected to see at least one person I knew.
At the end of the ride I realised that a few things need to be altered with my bike set up...its great for racing but need a tweak or two to allow me to be comfortable for a multiplicity of days riding over 100km.
On the drive back listening to Radio National, I was most amused to hear that the Japanese can download "therapeutic" ring tones that apparently help deal with/cure obesity, hay fever and insomnia!! Comment was made about the lack of research backing up these innovations!
And while I'm on miscellaneous waffle...I'm truly glad that my employer doesn't make me wear rabbit ears in the days before Easter!..or any other time (!)
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