I'm feeling suitably ashamed for not having blogged (or exercised!) since March 25th!!!
What can I say?
I was busy...then it was Easter...I was in France...tried to brush up my 'parlaying' but it's still merde!
Suddenly.. yesterday.. I had my Damascus moment...'Oh no...I' m cycling 400 miles in November....get fit!!!'
Don't you just hate those moments of great clarity?....luckily I don't have them too often. I'm much happier when my head's full of fluffy white clouds....or on a bad day, broken bottles...
Anyway...went to the gym last night and was shocked at how tough I found it...although I've done nothing but eat chocolate and am starting to resemble an Easter egg...it's true!
But today, highly motivated, I took my bike to work and cycled to Corbiere this evening...I know...not quite like doing L'etape but it's a start.
I must admit to wobbly leg trauma when I finished but that's to be expected I suppose.
To keep myself motivated I've decided to reverse my countdown....instead of counting from Day 1 as I was doing, I'm now doing a reverse countdown....like the take off of a space shuttle!!
So today is 'Day 203'...and counting...
Must get prepared for Day 202!
About Me
- The Social Cyclist!
- St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom
- I'm bright, funny (I think so), witty (ditto)and a bit cheeky. I admire intelligence, compassion, good manners, good sense of humour, good conversation, like having my feet tickled, cycling, music, chocolate and the sea. I dislike, ignorance, arrogance, hypocrisy, litter bugs, cruelty to children & animals, violence, Johnny Vegas and the word 'incorrigible'!
Day 1 - Saturday 10th February 2007
Today is the first day of my countdown to my Cycle Vietnam challenge in November. Today I have: a. set up a fund raising page at http://www.justgiving.com/siobhanmartina b. set up this blog to track my training progress and no doubt many frustrations; and c. started my training. It has to be said that I'm feeling a tad righteous! In saying that I feel that I have to mention that my training took place on my exercise bike at home....come on!!...it's far too cold and wet for the real thing! I'm looking at about April for that!!! I've set myself a goal of doing at least 1 hour on the bike every day and have had the most wonderful idea of how to get over the tedium of getting nowhere slowly! Yes... I'm going to watch the whole series of 'The Sopranos'....series 1-6 in fact! When I've finished these I'll then move onto '24' ...again...every series available on DVD. But panic not my sweets, amongst all this toil, I will also be going to the gym....I'll be the one with the very pink cheeks at Fitness First! How come some girls look great exercising and some look like...well....me?! My stats on the bike for today were: RPM - 72 / SPEED - 28 / TIME - 60 mins / DISTANCE - 26.48 / CALORIES - 599 ( = 1 Mint Aero & 1 Ripple!) But as the old saying goes, 'The best laid plans of mice and Siobhans' or as my lovely Mother would say, 'The road to hell is paved with good intentions!'. Till next time...
