end of may

Tried one of the stages of the Baby Giro the other day. All it consists of is uphill and downhill, and when we did training on it, hailstones. Sunday  manage a to get in 160km in with the lads with another 15km hill, this is getting tedious. After all them kilometers I was aloud a big ice cream and finally a trip to the beach, hopefully first of many.
Monday got in two hours nice and easy in the morning. Spent most the afternoon sitting in the sun with another ice cream and getting a massage. But I also did finally manage to clean the house, and get 1hour of gym work in.
Yesterday manage 150km in with another 15km hill. Got back about 2.30 so there wasnt much left of the day so spent it watching TV lying dead on my bed.
Today manage 3hours going slow. I was planned to do sprints but frankly theres no way, espescially considering the fiver hours I have to do tomorrow.

Training Training Training

Tuseday, 4 and a half hours with a 16km hill on a slightly cold day. Spent the afternoon falling in and out of sleep at the bar with an ice cream in my hand. Wednesday, 3 hours with sprints from behind the car and a couple from a standing start. Its only 3 hours and its not constent riding but its a bloody pain in the arse. Thursday, 7 hours and a 14km hill. Wasnt the best day my legs where still abit stiff from wednesday, but needs must....
Today a nice two hours on the bike a bit of gym work and a massage. Tomorrow an early start as we are going to ride one of the stages of the GiroBio, just to have a look at the hell i'll be going through in two weeks time.

Last Game Of The Season

Saturdays race was a good one, 180km of a sprinters paradise. After 120km I went with the break which seemed to be the good one. There was 30 in the break, me and one team mate where there. It all got pulled back together with only 20km from the finish and ended up as a group sprint. Spent the night recovering with a beer and the champions league final...what a game.

Yesterday a nice two hours turning the legs over. The afternoon was spent watching a local siera b team win the last game of the season....ASCOLI...


Today a nive 3hours on the bike with a few hills and a afternoon of gym work and ice cream. The next couple of days are looking like hard training. Tomorrow 130km with a 20km hill and all this week is training for the Baby Giro...cant wait.

Yesterday manage only 110km with the lads but we did a 10km hill pretty much just trying to drop each other. So long for recovery, and only a measly 100gms of pasta and veg for lunch. Saying that a T-bone stake and a salad on the night soon sore the legs recover. Spent the afternoon doing core exercises and at the bar with a mate.
Today got 130km in with some of the lads, but then it started raining so we came home. Managed a 7km hill which wasnt too much fun. A three Banana and protien milk shake for lunch went down nicely. Fortunetly tomorrow got a rest day, might have my first lie in for about a month. the weather is windy and cold so no beach volly ball just yet but its getting there, so it might just have to be some gym work.  Friday got about 60km in the morning, then got to find something to do for the afternoon.
Saturdays race is a nice 160km flat race and then suday if im still standing its a 180km hilly one....fun

Sundays race was a wet windy and cold 140km. Did feel so good during the race, maybe all the training for the Giro was abit much this week. Fortunetly this week im not doing so much, so its should go better for the next race on Saturday.
Yesterday I managed to find the only good chinese resturante in Italy, that I've tried so far.Apart from that not much really happend on a wet monday.

Tuesday 4hours with a 20km hill, Wednesday sprints from behind the car moto pacing, today 5hour15 with a 7km hill and 20km hill, tomorrow 3hours with a 7km hill then a bit of moto pacing, Saturday 2hours slow, then race. Booom, i'll be lucky if I can walk next week.
Starting to get towards summer now, my tan lines are well set in and after today im a red robyn at the moment.... This week havent really been arsed to do any gym work just bits here and there, probs will get some in tomorrow.

Fridays race went well considering it had been two weeks since my last one. Now training for the baby giro, tomorrow two 20km hills and the same on thursday....cant wait lol. Had a good weekends training, on saturday 3.30 hours and sunday 4.30, had to do it by myself like since the other guys where stil racing. gym work has been going well, finally managed 800 stomach crunches on saturday and going to try the same this week. Other than that went to the cinema to watch Avengers, went for a pizza, and went to in Sam Benedetto.

Past couple of weeks recovering a little have be ok but two weeks without a race is killing me. Friday is the next one, not sure how it will go after going slow for abit. Next week start the trianing for the baby Giro, can't wait, its still more than a month away, but still. Think the main aim is just to finish the thing, should be a great expierence though.
The other day had a good catch up with Jon batman and Craig Anderson, who are over at il sasso for a few weeks. Just good to have a bit of northen banter, and a pizza. Anyway finaly starting to get to beach weather so can't wait to try and get rid of these stupid tan lines and pratice some volly ball.