by I haven’t been for a proper bike ride in over three weeks and I’m not very happy about it! It started off with me being ill, I was unable to breathe properly and my chest was tight. That finally eased but I had a week of not being able to sleep (thanks kids!) This was followed up by getting a different cold which has given me a headache and left me feeling sick. I think I’m over the worst of it now, hopefully I can manage to go for a ride tomorrow.
I did manage something useful and bike-related yesterday. I swapped my cadence sensor and speedometer over to the Carrera TdF. Every year I think my mileage on the Ribble will overtake the TdF but it’s still slightly behind as this year hasn’t been great for me. I hope this winter will allow me to get some long boring rides in so I can get fit again!
I didn’t get anywhere near my target of doing a century this year and I can’t see myself doing one any time soon. It’s very frustrating, especially as I seem to be getting a bit more sleep than previous years now the kids are a bit older. Hopefully I can start doing early-morning or late-night rides and get a proper training schedule sorted.
No more races
The European road racing season is over for all intents and purposes and the Chinese races aren’t important, so that’s it until the Tour Down Under. It was good to see Uran and Nibali winning Milan-Torino and Il Lombardia respectively. I hope that next year sees some great GC racing at the Grand Tours.
Nicky and I are going to the Lee Valley Velodrome next week to see the London Six Day. I’m really looking forward to seeing Cav in action again!