Thursday 13 January 2011

" Smile Like you Mean it!"


Here I am on my last (and one of the first for a while) cycling sessions last Sunday, listening to the Killers song and smiling to my heart's content.

As D is mainly concentrating on running this season, I have to do most of the cycling alone. It was a beautiful January morning, crisp but fairly warm, sunny and with very little wind (no gloves!!). Bliss!

It was, as I mentioned above, one of my first rides this season. I have started to, slowly, get back into training and planning some fun racing for this season. Next race, another 10k this Sunday, though due to a foot injury I have been off for around 3 weeks and just hoping to finish in one piece.

After that my longer term target is, for the second time, the Astroman 1/2 Iron Race. It's a race I did last year (and suffered a lot!) but this time I will hopefully have more than 5 weeks of training behind me and less heat and humidity on the day.

I am excited to be having a second stab at this race and look forward to the training. It is a hilly race - have a look at the photo and note the drop behind me. I better get some good riding in.

Other races I will hopefully do this year: a 20km (in preparation for Astroman) and if all goes well and I feel up to it (ie have not got injured) the Athens Classic Marathon in October/November (I wonder when the organisers will let us know...) Missed the 2,500 anniversary of the race, but will be very happy to race the 2,501st one!





2 comments:

  1. Hello,
    In 2010, Athens Classic Marathon registrations opened during March. Mind though, the slots for the marathon distance were FULLY booked about within a week(!) after the announcement (2500 years of craziness!).A friend from Oxford was training a year for this race but he missed it because he tried to register later! And no cancellations offered as a second chance. The 10km and 5km distances, though, were still available until about August time, if I remember well. Enjoy training.

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  2. Thanks, Kostas. I have now decided to move the marathon a bit earlier and do Megas Alexandros in Thess, in April. :)Hope it doesn't affect my HIM too much...

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