On The Mend - Time To Race!
Well it took a little longer than I’d hoped or expected, but I’m definitely on the mend. The lungs have cleared up, now I’m just waiting for the legs to come back! I’m never a happy camper when I’m unwell but I think I coped pretty well knowing that the best thing I could do was rest until I was well enough to train again. I had more sleep last week than any other week this year! And it seems to have done the trick.
I managed to put in some solid rides over the weekend, including a couple of laps of the Mt Vic course which I hadn’t ridden since the summer. I’d forgotten how brutal it is! I still love it, I’d just forgotten how steep some of the climbs were - but the downhills were as much fun as ever. And I’m pretty impressed with how well the Larsens ride even in the wet conditions, but I think I’m going to be breaking out the Medusa’s for the local races. I’ve been carrying them to every race since Dunedin back in January and as yet haven’t needed them.
So, racing. It’s about to start. N-duro number 4 this Sunday, then the first round of the PNP series the weekend after - nice and local on my home trails of Makara Peak (although I think this year the time has been spread evenly between MP and Mt Vic). PNP means the start of Priority 2 racing. In my first year of structured and planned training I’m interested to see exactly what this will mean as I’m almost due for my next programme block.
I managed to get through my 3 weeks of IO - it gets a bit tough by the end of the 3rd week but it felt strange not going there today. Unfortunately somehow I didn’t feel like I’d gained an extra hour! Work-wise I’m handing over a significant portion of my role this week to a new colleague. Of my 4 ‘hats’ this is the 3rd one I will be dropping as each of them has turned in to a full time role in itself. Each area will now be getting much more focus and an improved level of service to the clients, and I’ll be able to focus on the area I have chosen to keep - a role that should keep the hours down and retain the flexibility I need.
Well, some intervals tomorrow should test the legs out nicely and then on Friday I’ll be hitting the road. Rather looking forward to getting away for a couple of days again - it’s been so long!
