Capodarco

   The past 10 day have just been racing and laying about. The most important race I did was the Gran Premio Capodarco, which is comes with the fraze, Who ever wins Capodarco become a professional. It was certainly one of the hardest race I've done.
The other races have been a mixture of international and national race dotted around the country.
  I have now started this new diet which isn't a whole lot of fun, but I guess you have to do it in this sport. It all depends on what I'm doing jurring the day for what I can eat. If I got out to do hard training breakfast consists of a caffe latte, one glass of fruit juice and a slice of toast, then take food on the ride. For lunch mainly carbs with a bit of protien, yogut in the afternoon or fruit, then for dinner protien with veg or salad. When I do nothing breakfast is coffe or tea with a glass of fruit juice and fruit and yogut to eat and maybe a small slice of toast if im still hungry. Lunch is an even mix of carbs and protien, then dinner is protien, with veg or salad again. I'm dying for some chocolate....
  Now I have atleast a week without a race so its just rest for abit now.

new news

  In the past two week life has been pretty quite here in Italy. Obviously I have sent most my time training, but have the Olympics to watch in the afternoon has keep preoccupied as well. Training these days mainly consists of one day a bit fast, then the rest just getting hours in on the bike.
  Racing has been on a Sunday, so Monday has been a rest day. Gives me a chance to recover from racing, and now since there are no more stage races, there's no need to go out on the bike. I spend the more lying in and doing hour and a half of gym work. The afternoon is sent in the sun at the bar.
  Tuesday is about 130km training with a couple of hills done at max heart rate minus 15. Usually on a Tuesday I try and cook something from Jamie Oliver or try to cook something new. Then head of to the piazza.
Wednesday is a late start with an hour and a half of gym work done before I go out on the bike. Then 90km done on the bike nice and easy. Wednesday just normal cooking because frankly, can't be arsed.
  Thursday is the distance day. nice 5/6 hours on the bike. After that there's not much of the day left so I slumber of to the piazza again with my mates.
 Friday is a rest day so in the morning I do another hour and a half of gym work, then I try and clean the house. I would like to say I clean the house every Friday but I don't.
Saturday I'm now trying 3hours30mins, as I seem to go better in stage races so trying a bit more the day before a race to see if it changes anything. Generally get 90km in with a hill.
 Sunday is race day. The past races it.s been going well with gaining experience and getting stronger.
The next couple of week got quite a few races coming up so I will keep you formed, also new diet is kicking in so i'll tell all in the next blog entry.