Weekly summary

So, summary for the past week;

Starting last Monday (yes, ignore the time between my last post and then. I don't think much happened anyway), it's been a busy week with many things. Work has been a bit mental as of late, with long enough days going on, along with some weekend work which is slowing down some of the training hours but it's for the best in the long run :D I've been a bit relaxed as regards the running lately, but getting out for one or two sessions and I'm going fine in those, so I'm not going to push it too much.

For the cycling, I've covered around 200 km in the last 7 days. Starting on Monday, 90 km into Munich, back out, then looping around to Dachau and hammering it home. OK, so I use hammering a bit loosely. I hammered for a while and then crawled the last 5 km home :D Easy enough spin on Wednesday for 20 km  towards Munich and then back along a forest path. This bit was so much fun. It was about 10 km along it, right beside the river, which was very cool. My shoes, shorts, and bike got ruined cos of all the crap everywhere, but still! I was only doing about 30 km/hr on it, but it felt so fast, probably due to the rapidly changing surroundings. It's helped to make my mind up on doing some MTBing or cyclocross later on in the year. Probably the former so I can use it for snowy/icy commutes from Munich to Garching next Winter/Spring.

Friday evening I had planned an easy enough cycle on a new road, but once I got onto it, I found that I was holding above 30 km/hr with no hastle and getting up to 35 with just a little bit of effort. So that turned into a 23 km TT, more or less. There were a few spots to stop, roundabouts and towns. It was a lot of fun, though, and something I'm planning on doing more regularly. Average speed of 29 km/hr, which is my highest average speed for a spin. It would be a lot higher if it weren't for the stopping (requiring slowing down first and accelerating after). My legs were in bits after it, keeping above 30 on the last few kms required getting out of the saddle, hammering it and then letting the speed slow down again.

Which brings me to today. I had planned on upping my 90 km spin to above 100 this weekend, but it ended up not happening. I went into work to get a bit of a start on the two weeks ahead. I have a presentation to make on my work of the past five months on the 11th June, so that's taking priority for the moment. I did get out this evening, though, with a rough plan for something between 40 and 70 km. I ended up doing just the 40, my legs were on the edge of giving out after 15! Once I got home, I figured I probably could have done to full distance, but it's probably best that I give myself some recovery time. There's a four day weekend this weekend so one of those days will be dedicated to a long spin. Hopefully I might get my new bike by then as well, which would be very nice :)

I've ordered my bag for my planned light tours later on in the year. It's an in-sy rucksack which has a saddle attachment bar, so that should work well with the road bike. Since it's got a 16 L capacity, I reckon I'd be alright without a handlebar bag (I'm only planning on 3-4 days of a trip each time) so aerobars are starting to tickle my fancy instead. They should take at least a bit of the sting out of a 220 km trip. So they're now on the list. Yes, there is a list. Yes, it is long. Shhh....

However, I feel alright about spending a little more these days since my mate just bought a new shiny Anschutz selected barrel, with stock, sights and, I think, a Gemini buttplate. I'm so allowed to slap on 53 quid worth of aerobars onto the bike! And a GPS with European maps. And possibly buy new shoes and pedals as my current ones are feeling a bit tight after long spins.... Again, shh....

Anyway, that's about it. More during the week, if I'm awake enough to post!

Update - at last!!

Yeah... So I've been kinda bad with this, as well as the actual training lately... Lots has happened, I swearz! It's just that work, cycling too much on an empty stomach one evening, parents coming over, work, sickness, going home, and sickness again have all conspired against me.

I'm (sorta) still getting the distances in. Two 50 km cycles lately, both inside a week of each other, followed by a few shorter ones between 20 and 40 km to keep me going. Running occasionally sees a reprise. What's odd is that it's not getting any harder, despite leaving it ages in between runs. If I can actually sort out some discipline, then I might actually start to get better again!

Unfortunately, due to the above mentioned reasons, the shooting has suffered greatly. When I only have one evening a week to play with, and it's a Friday, the day everything in the universe happens on (unless the planet has been bulldozed the previous morning), it's gonna be inevitable that I miss some days. Like, three in a row. But anyway, I'm gonna try to get into the Old Munich range, which is pretty close and has kick ass facilities. Go with a fresh start, etc.

Finally, I was bold. I ordered my road bike last week. It should hopefully arrive next week some time. Which will be amazing. I was unfortunately constrained in my colour choices, but I'll bling it up over time :) Once I get that, heading south to some hills will most certainly be in order! Also, mudguards are amazing. I never knew how annoying muddy pants from a short commute could be until this year.

Really finally, I've enrolled in a German speaking course in Munich this Summer, which I'll be cycling in and out to in the evenings This will add about 15 km or so onto my daily commute, so I'll be looking at about 35 km a day, four days a week for the eight weeks of the course, which will push my weekly kilometerage up nicely. Add in a long weekend spin and I'm looking at over 200 km a week, which isn't half bad at all.