Saturday, July 3, 2010

A Very Sleepy Week

Ive been wrecked since last week and have been sleeping lots.The body obvioulsy need it.Falling asleep during the day and going to bed at 8p.m and sleeping straight through until the morning. After finishing the 24 hour cycle on 19 June I went straight to Wicklow for a 96 hour exercise with work which was'nt great for recovery along with the fact that I was on army ration packs for the week.I could of done with a few steaks,pots of pasta,some spuds etc. etc. but it wasnt to be.
Got home Friday after the exercise. Did a 110km charity cycle for sick children on Saturday from Kilmallock to Cashel and back.The pace was handy but pushed it out on the way back with another guy from Kilmallock cycling club.Felt strong but the day after the tiredness and sleepiness hit me bigtime for nearly a week.Nothing in the legs Monday and Tuesday and was very tired so after a mere 10 mile both days I went back home and decided to do no training for another few day until I felt ok.I felt really good today after lots of eating and sleeping over the last few days. I cylced to the Vee in the Knockmealdown mts,did a hill run and cycled back home to Cork-90 mile round trip.I felt good. I really have to get focused now as there is only 8 weeks of training left and I have so much to do.Im looking to build the weekly mileage now but doing 50 mile in the morning and again in the evening but at a nice pace-18-20 mile an hour.I can do 150-200 on the weekends which will get me up to 800-900 mile in a week.Im going to do a 700 mile training ride with the crew in a few weeks on the race around Ireland course from Kilkee around to Navan.I must get my weekly mileage up to over 1000 miles before this and I need to lose another few kilos.I have to really watch my food intake.I also need to plan regular massages on my legs,back and neck muscles.

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