......What have I got myself into?!?!? Back in October as I lay there the day after my knee op, I was thinking "......well that puts the running on the back-burner", I'd earlier in the year completed the Leeds 1/2 marathon although something click in my left knee at 11 miles .. ran until the end (hobbled)", I needed a new challenge or just let myself get older & unfit, which I didn't like the sound of.
Been speaking to Matt for a while about some sort of charity cycle event, when he told me about the Masia heritage fund I thought let's do something big .... well they don't come much bigger.
I'm still doing rehab for my knee so didn't get on a road bike until a couple of weeks ago, been hammering the static bike for a couple of months so feeling ok. So my training now starts in anger, going to mix up my training on 2 different bikes, not decided which bike to do the event on yet (road bike or my new Chris Boardman performance hybrid) - might do it on both.
So we're kitted out & preparing ourselves for 8 months of pounding the road (we're big lads, I think I'm the shortest at 6ft 1") before the biggest 8 day human body test of our lives, I must confess that when I was much younger (& fitter) I did the LEJOG ride, so I think I know what I've let myself in for, but as the years & the alcohol have taken there toll I don't think I'm at any advantage. I'm really looking forward to it, the training will be great, we'll be fit, lose weight, raise a superb amount of money for a brilliant cause & have some fun along the way, the event itself will have it's ups & downs, but we'll get there - for that I'm sure ..... unless my knee gives up, my physio says she has no concerns.
Looking to get our 1st joint training ride in come next weekend (just a nice 33 mile warm-up), so will update how that went & the rest next month.
Cleve
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