Monday, August 29, 2011
Phewww!!
Thank god that is over......
I don't think I want to see a spinning bike again,if the weeks are as hard as this on The Road to Santiago I am not sure I will make it.Twice this week I felt that I had been beaten up from the inside.And if that wasn't enough the endless washing of kit was.
My only one saving grace will be that the pace will not be so intense and the countryside will be forever changing ( not that I don't mind seeing Phil) who was very supportive and in every class gave me a mention and also donated to the charity Cheers Phil.
On a another plus side it was great to meet different people at different times to my normal training time and I would like to thank everyone who took time out to listen to what I am doing and for their support and hopefully a few more people signed onto this blog which will generate more for the cause.
Next week it's back to normal training and getting all the equipment ready for the journey on 5th September.
Saturday, August 20, 2011
2 Weeks to go
Well. As the title says, only 2 weeks to go before i set off across France and Spain.
So this week I am upping the pace by attempting to do 21 spinning classes, so I will be at the gym most of the time this week. My pre winter muffin top should start to disappear (although they do have lovely flapjacks at the warwickshire) and my new padded shorts will be put to the test.
Spinning is not necessarily the best way to train and so I have been on a few 6 hour off road rides around warwickshire which I found were brillant.
After this week it will be light training and preping, so if you are around and fancy watching me go though agony, join me in spin.
cheers
So this week I am upping the pace by attempting to do 21 spinning classes, so I will be at the gym most of the time this week. My pre winter muffin top should start to disappear (although they do have lovely flapjacks at the warwickshire) and my new padded shorts will be put to the test.
Spinning is not necessarily the best way to train and so I have been on a few 6 hour off road rides around warwickshire which I found were brillant.
After this week it will be light training and preping, so if you are around and fancy watching me go though agony, join me in spin.
cheers
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
F**K IT
With only 5 weeks to go to the start of my journey on the camino you would think that I was in full training. Cycling on a daily basis eating healthy and generally preparing like an athlete.
Well you would be wrong in fact just the opposite I went to a retreat in le mâché Italy to relax and get in touch with my chi.......(I didn't know what that was until I went) in fact I thought it was a milk based food product?
It all came about by accident after a drunken promise on new years eve to try something different on a holiday.After agreeing I thought it was so many months away we wouldn't go but it soon came round and there we were on the Ryanair flight to Ancona.
A coach picked us up with 12 other people and soon we arrived in the beautiful hills of le marche. It was so beautiful that it looked as though the people had covered the land with green felt everything looked perfect the hills rolled into one another and the sun was glorious.
. The retreat is not your ordinary hideaway as the food was above 5 * vegetarian and you could drink as much as you like also if you didn't want to do anything you could just say f**k it and do your own thing.
If I went into every aspect of the week it would take up pages but to sum it up I think it was one of the best times of my life a real eye opener and I would recommend it to anyone.
I feel truly honoured to have been there with 24 other people who all were amazing and brilliant company. So not your average training routine but an above average experience which will spur me on through the hills of Galicia.
For those of you who would like to know more visit http://www.thehillthatbreathes.com/
Well you would be wrong in fact just the opposite I went to a retreat in le mâché Italy to relax and get in touch with my chi.......(I didn't know what that was until I went) in fact I thought it was a milk based food product?
It all came about by accident after a drunken promise on new years eve to try something different on a holiday.After agreeing I thought it was so many months away we wouldn't go but it soon came round and there we were on the Ryanair flight to Ancona.
A coach picked us up with 12 other people and soon we arrived in the beautiful hills of le marche. It was so beautiful that it looked as though the people had covered the land with green felt everything looked perfect the hills rolled into one another and the sun was glorious.
. The retreat is not your ordinary hideaway as the food was above 5 * vegetarian and you could drink as much as you like also if you didn't want to do anything you could just say f**k it and do your own thing.
If I went into every aspect of the week it would take up pages but to sum it up I think it was one of the best times of my life a real eye opener and I would recommend it to anyone.
I feel truly honoured to have been there with 24 other people who all were amazing and brilliant company. So not your average training routine but an above average experience which will spur me on through the hills of Galicia.
For those of you who would like to know more visit http://www.thehillthatbreathes.com/
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