Got back from my lovely week at home on Saturday and was I feeling blue?!
Went for a walk and pep talk with ''TC'' and Nev on Sunday evening to get back on track.
French lessons tonight...Mon Dieu, je suis tres occupee j'ai besoin une autre vacances.... I know... crap grammar etc etc but hey...one has to try..
Gym date with ''TC'' tomorrow at 6.30am....eek...I could weep... but truth to tell, I am beginning to feel a bit panicky about my lack of fitness and need to get stuck in, in a major way!
A friends brother has given me a book called 'Bicycle Repair Manual - Everything You Need To Know To Keep Your Bicycle In Peak Condition'...this is just what I need as, as you may have guessed by now, I know nothing....nothing....about bikes..
Will my conversations now be peppered with knowing phrases like tightening cranks, rapid fire cable renewal, balancing tension at the rim, detailed scrub, adjust cone?
Madre de Dio....I hope not!
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...
