Weekly summary

Since my training has more or less kicked off, I won't be blogging every single session. That would just get boring and tedious for all of us. Instead, there will be highlights, kit reviews and weekly summaries, probably on a Sunday.

So, to get going; this weeks training started on Thursday evening; hence the low numbers. Most of the times and distances are fairly approximate, but should give a good idea of how things are going.

Times:
Saddle: two hours
Commute (bike)*: one hour
Run: one hour

Distances:
Saddle: 50 km
Commute: 20 km
Run: 14 km

*Commute times and distances are in addition to the 'saddle' numbers, just not focussed in any way and tipping along at a fairly handy pace.

To add to this, I spent yesterday and today in the saddle with the fixed cog on. It's a very different experience compared with freewheel bikes. When you try to coast you get a not so subtle reminder that this is a no-no by the pedals forcing your feet around. Thank ceiling cat for clipless pedals! Lots of fun, though, especially when in a proper sprint. Doing almost 50 km/hr on the flat with the wind behind me and knowing that I really have to keep pedalling or risk snotting myself horribly is terrifying at the time, but fantastic to look back at. I'm sold on the fixie :)

The new road bike is still in the works, but is gonna wait another few weeks 'til I get up enough kms to justify it and also to get the legs back into the swing of things.

Outlook for the coming week; try to get some more distance in on the bike and feet, push on for intervals in both. Also, I'll be making contact with a rifle club so we'll see what comes of that. I hope my time management has improved since the last time I tried to do more than one thing at a time...