Now for my next trick...

A recovery week :-)

Mon: a crap nights sleep - the usual post big-effect restless nights sleep - saw me awake far too early for a day off. But it meant I could enjoy a leisurely (and wonderful breakfast) at our favourite cafe in Bright before the long drive home. Once home, I spent 30mins of SMR on the foam roller before doing 14mins of R&R session (consisting of 5mins bike, 5mins easy play with the ViPR & then 4mins of mobilisers). Felt fab afterwards!

Tue - Thur: rest

Fri: I had set my alarm for 5.30am but when R's alarm went off at 4.50pm my brain switched on knowing I had a difficult & stressful day ahead of me at work. So from about 5.10am I was up & out of bed for my windtrainer session in the garage. Did 42mins of one of the endurance DVDs in our ever-increasing Spinervals collection followed by a 5min c/d. I took it reasonably easily as my HR was climbing much quicker than it normally does, indicating that the body still hasn't fully recovered from the weekend's little adventure. 47min. 18.61km

Sat: after a late night working, I dragged myself out of bed at 5am in order to meet TA & Mouse at Hornsby at 6.45am for a long ride. While the girls & I were sitting in our cars contemplating the drizzle, Brick ran past & stopped for a chat

I don't think any of us was feeling particularly enthusiastic. But eventfully we dragged ourselves out of the car, onto our bikes & set out for a ride from Hornsby to the Galston area via Berowa Waters.

I had put my normal cluster - a 25 compared to the (easier) 28 I had on the bike for Alpine Classic - back on my bike. But that can't account for how much of a struggle it felt like. Thankfully the company was great & post-ride breakfast was yummy too :-) 55.96km in about 2:45.

Sun: rest (big sleep-in!)

Mon: rest (unscheduled)

Tue: another 25mins walk/shuffle today, the first in about 10 days. Much to my surprise, it felt no more difficult than the last one. Time to step it up a bit though..

Totals for January:
Swim: 4.25km (yikes!)
Bike: 433.35km