On You Before You Know It
It’s only occurred to me that the BMC Classic is less than 8 weeks away. Eek! For awhile it looked as if I’d have to give up my entry as Iogistically it was proving to be more onerous than first thought. But everything seems to be ironing out now and that part is now back on track… so now I need to concentrate on training and getting into some semblance of shape so I don’t suffer like I did at the DW100 last year.
Being a family man though has its own unique set of issues to get around. My beautiful wife attends TAFE as an Interior Design student and she starts early now on Monday’s and Tuesday’s. So that means I drop the kids off at school and child care. Luckily both the school and child care are within a stone’s throw so it makes things a lot easier. However, it means that in order to get to work within a reasonable time I have to drive, so this in effect wipes 2 days of potential training time out. What to do?
Run…
I take my running gear and run for about 40 minutes during lunch instead of riding. Not ideal, but it does allow me to cross train and get some running fitness up as well. I do plan to go in a couple of fun runs throughout the year – the City to Surf being one of them, it’s something I’ve always wanted to do, just so I can say, ‘I’ve done that’ – so it helps in that respect. Not that I’m a fast runner, far from it. Compared to Muz, Davo, Mel and Hugh, I’m a slug. The hills around work provide enough of a workout in 40 minutes to leave me shattered, but in a good way.
So, I really only have 3 weekdays cycle training which is ramping up OK. Getting into a weekly rhythm has been hard but I’m doing it slowly and is working out so we’ll see how things pan out and hopefully be flexible enough to make changes as we need to…
Bushfires
If you’ve been living under a rock then you’ll have seen the news on the Victorian bushfires and the utter devastation that they’ve caused. Luckily it looks as if the Wombat State Forest has been spared most of the carnage, which is great as it means that the BMC Classic is ON!
Checklist
Now that it seems to be all systems go for April 19th, I’m starting to go all logistical and thinking of what I need to take. Lessons learnt from last year’s trip to St Albans for the DW100…
- Take more warm clothes! St Albans was freezing and that was May! I can only imagine what Victoria will be like in April…
- A headlamp is handy… Although I had a lamp, a headlamp would be invaluable, especially when needing 2 hands, like when cooking dinner...
- Make a list and check it twice… ala Santa. At the DW100 I actually forgot my HRM chest strap. I was frantically running around on race morning looking for it and was completely bummed when I realised I hadn’t packed it. Being an information junkie I really wanted the HR information but had to rely on speed, cadence and altitude, not what I really wanted!
- Drugs… No not the illegal or performance enhancing kind, but a small kit containing Nurofen, Voltaren, Sudafed and the like. I felt sick as a dog after the DW100 – tonsillitis notwithstanding – and had nothing on hand. With a potential 12 hour drive home after the BMC, the last thing I want to be doing is driving whilst sick… Yuck…
- Be more organised on race day… For those that know me, this seems just plain outrageous – I’m a very organised person by nature – but for DW100 it didn’t seem that way. I was running around like a headless chook on race morning. Learning for experience I know what I need to do to make sure the morning of the race goes as smoothly as I know it should…
I really need to sit down and start making that list. Perhaps I’ll start tonight after I ride…
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