Looking at twitter posts in the lead up to the first Palace (Tues 27th) it was clear several people were showing signs of compeititive anxiety. Competitive anxiety is necessarily a bad thing... its you getting psyched up / ready for something, and last night it was racing. One person tweeted - 'got alittle bit of vomit in my mouth' >> this is somatic or physcial form of the anxiety. Where
I don't really understand when Julian has time to write this but I like his wit. I have been wondering if I should be so bold as to propose a "King Alf Day". It is obvious that one or two of you are a little younger than myself, and may be at pains to appreciate the majesty and single mindedness of the fastest Englishman ever on a proper bike. Most of my knowledge of the King has been learned from my father, snippets from "Cycling" magazine and people lucky and bad enuff to
Sometimes with the RCS team I feel like such a gumby, super fan. Especially wearing my RCS t shirt throughout the race. But it was needed to get behind the scenes and as a result of Andy Waterman's video says it all and we're so pleased with the team's performance and effort to take Zak to the line and the win. Thanks to the team and Brigga for putting up with us and thanks to Brigga for doing the little interview at the start. I never saw that guy leave the front of the race.
20 degrees 3450 calories 5 hour 7 minutes 50 euro gite 8 segments of orange 1 mule bar 2 litres of water bib 7 1st start group 25 miles got dropped 16.6 mph avg. 158 bpm avg. HR 0 punctures 0 offs 1 glove line 20 french jelly sweets 30.4 mph max speed 14 sectors 207 bpm HR max 5 egg omlette FYI I'd do it again next year.
I'm going to get back onto the rollers and turbo this evening 30minutes of skills honing, then 40minutes of intervals. I kinda forget to upload music because most of the time I can't be bothered. So I got loads of my recently purchased music (last six months) and skillfully chose some tunes to keep me entertained and the heart rate high (though its no yet been proven in the field of Sport and Exe
Got my bib number for the Paris Rouabix "race". They've given me 7. Lucky for some and me because that means I am getting right in at the front pen. JACKPOT, no nutters for fall off on the cobbles in front of me and slow me down. Bib no 1 is Sean Kelly.
I didn't realise how good Trigon bikes were. Review here http://www.cyclingtipsblog.com/2011/04/trigon-rcc613-bike-review/
