mooleur

Super late post. Not through sheer laziness (well... maybe a little) but I've been waiting for something exciting to tell you all about. I've now done my first two races, criteriums to be exact, so this week I'm going to tell you all about the ups and downs, round and rounds and lumps and bumps of it. I've given up large chunks of my former life for this very purpose, and finally I'm here - living the dream, so to speak. So how did it go? Well, race number one was interesting. I'll start from the very beginning. In case any of you aren't aware of all the jargon that comes alongside all the different kinds of bike and road racing a criterium [crit for short] is a short road-like race on a closed circuit, usually very technical with tight corners - run for a certain amount of time (between 40 mins to 1 hour normally) when a bell then rings signalling the last lap to five laps, this is when it all kicks off. Now, I'd spent loaaaads of time researching ...

Another late one, I have been a busy little bee! So, I've got over my food issues, a little too much - there's been a lot of cake, cranberry tea and biscuits this last week or so. Good times. Time to knuckle down, though, first race is in a week. A bloody week! To say I'm nervous would be such an understatement it wouldn't even register as a statement at all. PowerTap Pro+ So to take my mind off things, or maybe put them on them even more... I've had a bit of retail therapy. Some of you know I've been long on the hunt for a reasonably priced power tap, mainly to save the sanity of my coach (Jamie at http://www.rpc-cyclecoach.co.uk/ - check them out by the way, they cater for all needs and levels!) - because my heart rate is a little squiggly wiggly. I hear training with power is what all the big boys do nowdays so I've been scrimping and saving in order to buy a tap. What's that then? Well, there are several kinds, the particular one I'll be u...