Ashtrayhead
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- Belvedere, Kent.
A session with the personal trainer at the gym. I'm sure he doesn't know I'm 51!
Brahan said:I didn't do the intervals on Monday. I decided to have a full day off the bike and for the first time in weeks I actually slept through the whole night and felt fresh when I woke up. I've been waking up between 2 and 3am quite a lot recently with my heart beating really quickly like it's trying to burst out my chest.
I think I may be overdoing things so the last few day's commutes have just been slow steady affairs but I came off on the ice yesterday and now have a massive bulging bruise on my left thigh/buttock, not to mention one of my bollocks took a right pounding from the frame and is in a very sorry/tender state. Christ, I thought cycling is supposed to be good for you?
Brahan said:I was considering a couple of interval sessions to see if it would help in a hilly 23 mile TT I'm doing in a couple of weeks. My 'plan' to use the term loosely (or a copy of your's to be more honest) is still in effect. I commute 5 days and do a club run on Sunday so I'm getting loads of miles in, I just think I need to step off the gas a bit, part of this learning curve I suppose. I can't help but get carried away when I'm on the bike though, it's either faster or further.