Monday 23rd February 2009

Been pretty busy over the last couple of weeks but have managed to keep the training ticking over.

Got back out the road again this weekend which was nice, but not quite as nice as the new bike.
Yes I have purchased a new bike. The new bike has been in the plan for the last two years - well since I bought the old bike really. Several months of saving resulted in me having the funds available and on Friday I went off to Dorking to pick up Xavier!!

Xavier is a Boardman Team Carbon 09 road bike. Full spec is available here but the basics include a full carbon frame, SRAM Rival gears (roughly equivalent to Shimano Ultegra), a 50/34 compact chainset, Ritchey Pro rims and Ritchey finishing kit.

Managed to get out for a short ride on both Sat and Sun. The new bike comes in at over 2kg lighter than the old one and you can feel that on the road. The extra gears I now have compared to Beryl are great and for the first time ever on a road bike I have gears I can use to spin up hills. There is a huge difference between the compact 10 speed and the 53/42 8 speed I had previously.

Tuesday 10th February 2009

Have not updated the site for a while - a combination of being busy, being ill and not being bothered!.

Had a good 10 days of training which was stopped by getting the dreaded lurgy, which then kept me out if training for 11 days.

Got back into the swing of things on Sunday with an easy turbo session:
10 mins warm up.
4 x 7:30 efforts at 75% MHR with 2 mins recovery in between.
5 mins cool down.

Total time: 55 mins.
Distance covered: 15.5 miles.