Eyes, turbos and enforced rest....

24 February 2012

I am writing this at 36,000 feet in the front of a BA flight to Israel - somehow I managed to get an upgrade and the view is pretty nice from my office today.


Believe me sometimes my job is rubbish - lots of travel, time away from home - but today is pretty special, never having travelled First Class before I can tell you it is pretty special - if you get the chance jump at it!

Anyway back to the blog post I was going to write. Again it has been a while since I last posted, in that time a lot has happened, I have been recovering from manflu (for the uneducated - any mild illness is worse in men and serious), I have finally had my squint sorted and I have helped a friend achieve 24hrs riding constantly on a turbo trainer - awesome. I have also visited France (lots), Spain (twice), The Netherlands and Canada and now Israel....as I said - busy!

What about my squint operation - an interesting experience, painful, frustrating and sore but brilliant at the same time. The procedure was fairly standard but I had a mild post op infection which made bright sunlight sore. the wierdest effect though was the slightly drunken feeling that comes from having the muscles of the eye moved...very odd. I am now fourteen days out from the procedure and should finish the eye drops this week which means I can start to swim again :-) - I have missed it!

This weekend and the 24hour turbo torment. On Sunday, I supported a friend in his aim to complete 24 hours (yes that is right 24 hours) riding on his turbo - which for the uninitiated is a form of rolling road for a bike...I could only help with riding a couple of hours with James so I chose the hours I thought he might really need some support - 6.30am until 8am on the second half. I finished a little over 2hrs 20mins (including some OG efforts) and I ached - he started at 1200 on the 18th and finished on the 19th. An awesome, unbelievable effort, made more impressive as he completed all of the sufferfest videos, plus extra shots of TT sprints (think the worst, most painful spin class ever) in the first day! Details can be found on his website of his chosen charities which include those that support the children of two friends, Ben Laws and Andrew Howden, please have a look (http://www.twentyfourhourturbotorment.co.uk/).

Also this weekend I managed to get in a 45min run and 2hrs on the bike - outdoors!! It felt great but wow am I unfit...need to put some serious work in before the season. below is the trace from my Saturday ride including the biggest hill I can find....it is not very big....hence I used the turbo for strength sets a lot!





Training has been a challenge with work - the silliest trip so far is a 1.5 day trip to Montreal and Toronto - out Wednesday back Friday...plays havoc with your body clock! Last week i managed seven hours, a whole 7hrs....when I was training for IM that would have been a long day...and it shows - the weight has gone up a bit...need to get that under control over the next few weeks...



Finally one quick recommendation - go and see the new muppet movie if you get a chance it is very funny :-)

Later
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