Training Log Archive: Becks

A bit of a lie in...mmm...feel much better now. Cycle into work, the traffic lights hated me.

Another rubbish cycle uphill into the wind with ANOTHER FLAT TYRE! I swear someone is spiking our wheels with nails as soon as it gets dark, it was totally fiine at 3pm, totally flat by 6.15. RAH!

Oh dear oh dear! I do love the first night race of the season! On the up side, physically I felt ace, was running strongly and quickly and felt energic and great. On the downside, I am a map reading retard. Despite learning at number 1 and 3 that I needed to slow down and use better attack points and simpler lines, I kept haring off from my attack points with no good direction and fluffing the control site. Race was mass start and guess I just panicked a bit, and not used to the visiblity etc. It was great fun, especially the mid course micro-O (not sure what my accuracy rate was there but it was fun) but on the next race I am going to bring my brain. A lot of time wasted, but still second place behind the Tullster after totally fluffing the lasttwo controls like a moron, just missing out on the £25 of Tiso vouchers! Shame! He only had 400m more than me though, so we were obviously both being muppets.

Ran back down the hill with Hannah to catch the bus thanks to stupid bike puncture, but was rescued by my knight in shining armour, the lovely Stew instead. nice warm down jog though and time for a wee stretch.