Training continues but I have reverted to cycling till my knee gets a bit better. This is still good because in June I am taking part in UCAN Ride the North - a 3 day bike ride around the North East.
My initial outing was a few weeks ago and covered 26 miles. Mike Dunn whom I met in the cycle shop mentored me - cycling on the road in traffic is pretty scary but I did all right - I wasn't as much of a Jessie as Mike expected!
Last weekend I had my cleats fitted to my pretty new cycling shoes (which match my bike and helmet of course!). That was a minor trauma in its self because one was upside down and therefore wouldn't work properly. That took 20mins to work out Duh!
The cleats attach the base of your shoes to the pedals and are meant to be a more effective use of your pedal power, however you have to remember to unhook your feet as you come up to a stop, and that takes practice!
With my accident track record I decided that the least humiliating way of doing this would be in private - so I headed of to Duthie Park alone and to be honest got the hang of it quite quickly. No falling over. Yipee!
I then decided to kill two birds with one proverbial and tackle a hill as well as practice stopping and starting at real stops, like zebra crossings and traffic lights. If you are in Duthie Park where do you go? Well obviously the dual carriageway outside Kincorth fitted the bill perfectly. OMG (I know I've said that before) do you know what a long hill that is?!! Suffice to say I need much more practice.
My bottom is very sore even though I have a gel cover for my saddle and padded shorts! I could do with some inspiration and an incentive to keep me training even harder so I am going put out a few e mails to try and get some sponsorship!
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