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\"NotTook Fingal out yesterday. First time on a bike in a month, after a chest infection that cleared up and then came back. I’m still coughing a bit and a little snotty, but with the Embra Tri on the 1st January I thought I’d better get some bike time in.<\/p>\n

Frood<\/a> was going along to Mum and Dad’s shed to play pirate in their hired minidigger so I said I’d take the bike and meet him there. It’s about 45 minutes ride to Mum and Dad’s house from here (at a comfortable 17 – 18mph) and then the shed is another 45 minutes past that. The roads between Kirkcaldy and Largo are quite busy, but the lanes to the shed are quiet.<\/p>\n

Oh gods. It was humiliating. I was gobsmacked by how little strength I have, and I’m not just talking dead legs. Also it was pretty bloody cold yesterday and the air was torture on my upper airways, which I suppose must still be inflamed. By the time I got to Mum and Dad’s place I realised that while I had head to continue, and could have got there, it was probably a bloody stupid thing to do.<\/p>\n

I called Frood and he said they were only going to be another half an hour anyway. It was getting dark — I have plenty of lights, but dark means colder — and so I took the sensible option and went into the house to drink tea and wait for them.<\/p>\n

I am starting to get seriously concerned about whether or not I have time to get properly fit for this tri. Right now I’m pinning a great deal of trust on my ability to pick up the Total Immersion technique quickly for the swim section, and make up some time there.<\/p>\n

This is why I shouldn’t race, Munky<\/a>. I’m too competitive for my own good. And I have this habit of finding stuff I want to buy because I have an excuse in the form of an event: like this Orca women’s tri suit<\/a>, for instance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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