by Things were going reasonably well, I managed several rides within a week and I even managed to do my usual quick 24km route in just over 50 minutes one day. I felt like I was getting somewhere at last. However, this was scuppered when I went for a run last week and something went in my calf after 2km.
I started running in an attempt to boost my overall fitness and lose weight. I’ve managed three runs so far! I had been feeling pretty good last week but the injury has obviously kept me from any kind of exercise this week, so I’ve not been in a good mood. My calf has healed but is still aching so I won’t run until next week at least, but I’m hoping to get out for a ride with Nicky today and then a proper ride tomorrow.
RIP Scarponi
There’s been loads of racing recently but it’s overshadowed by the death of Michele Scarponi. I was shocked by the news when I saw it on Twitter – he’d only recently won a stage of the Tour of the Alps. He’d tweeted an image the night before of him playing with his sons, it’s so sad.
Not long to go until the Giro d’Italia now, it’s promising to be a great race. It’s hard to predict a winner with so many big names racing such as Quintana, Nibali, Pinot, van Garderen, Thomas, Landa and more. I’m looking forward to watching it!
I’ve got my fingers crossed that Mark Cavendish recovers quickly from glandular fever. I can’t see him being fit for the Tour but I would love to be proved wrong. He’s also signed up to do the London Six Day in October which I’m hoping to go to, so from a purely selfish perspective I’d like him to be fit for that!