Luigi - back on track
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"Not sure if it was filming... oh yeah" Nice one <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':rolleyes:' />
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"Not sure if it was filming... oh yeah" Nice one <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':rolleyes:' /><br />
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yes a high level of concern there from my mate. nice.<br />
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mind you not something he doesn't see me do about a million times a weekend. -
Had a similar spill on concrete... though without the jump. You know that thing where you ride off the edge of the concrete into the wood chip garden and then decide (rather foolishly) to try and put yourself back on the concrete? WITHOUT lifting the front wheel a sufficient distance off the ground?<br />
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Yep, that was me. No video footage tho.... -
lifes all good except for when there's concrete...<br />
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had a bad one the week before, came down off a jump and my front wheel washed out. slamming me on my side. fucking hurt, and smashed my glasses when my head hit the ground.<br />
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only after i stood up wondering how the hell that hurt so bad did i notice that some pricked had laid concrete between the jumps - in the middle of the forest! -
Must have been protecting the forest from erosion caused by body impact of mountain bikers <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':rolleyes:' /><br />
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As it turns out, the wood chip was looking more deadly than the concrete - some razor-edged shit in that lot though the initial impact would have been more forgiving. Still, you realise the value of the skid lid when it cracks in five places and you walk away with only some missing skin from one arm and one leg. And the rib cartilage, which sucked. -
I really do have to get me a replacement MTB - the trails locally are riding fast at the minute. I've also tried nightime riding through the woods with a 10w halogen Light & Motion searchlight which is fucking awesome.<br />
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I'm thinking of going back to a hardtail though. The full suss I had before was a beautiful ride but struggled in English mud. Plus the full XTR gear was lovely but the chain rings seemed like they were made out of cheese. I need something a bit less complicated and more durable. -
Update:<br />
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Saturday morning - 4 mile trail run<br />
Wednsday evening - 3 mile trail run.<br />
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Well, at least it's something. But it's not enough. I haven't been out on the bike for a week but will be going this evening. The running is getting easier however but I really need to drop some significant kilos to get to the next level. I'm still eating OK and tomorrow marks the sixth week of no-alcohol. -
Saturday - 5 mile trail run. Had to walk some of the steeper sections but overall, not bad. Felt quite good.<br />
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Sunday 30+mile bike ride up and down th local hills. Weather started off shite but cleared up nicely. Made us glad we had gone out. Mrs Luigi is doing well on her new bike too. -
Monday - 4 mile trail run. The best yet. Didn't feel like John Hurt in Alien until right towards the end when we started cranking it up for the run in.<br />
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I'm running with one of Mrs Luigi's mates who started running last year, back when I was knocking out sub 2 hour half marathons. Unlike yours truly though she kept training through the winter and is now running rings round me. <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='B)' /><br />
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Still, it's getting better and I'm still losing weight hopefully, which means it can only improve further. I want to get to 100 kilos soon. Weigh in tomorrow to see where I'm at. -
Short gym session today.<br />
5 mins row<br />
Supersets of free weights for chest, lats and arms.<br />
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Weigh in confirmed a slight loss of 1kg to 105kg, which is in the right direction and a hell of a lot better than an increase. Good motivation to keep it going too.<br />
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Recovery bike ride round the lanes tonight. -
4 mile trail run last night. Fark it was warm!<br />
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I am tired though and think I need to rest more. My legs are really getting a hammering what with the running and the cycling. I might have to take WtW's advice and try an ice bath.<br />
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I'd also like to find some touch rugby action nearby before the summer ends. I fancy something a little more competitive. -
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another wee piece of kit you should consider getting... this 'massage stick'. Best 30 quid i ever spent. Just awesome for giving the muscles a rub. Mine just sits in the office at work i give the legs a rub during the day.. all good after a hard run or ride.<br />
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[url="http://www.runnersneed.co.uk/shop/en-gb/p_576.html"]http://www.runnersneed.co.uk/shop/en-gb/p_576.html[/url] -
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another wee piece of kit you should consider getting... this 'massage stick'. Best 30 quid i ever spent. Just awesome for giving the muscles a rub. Mine just sits in the office at work i give the legs a rub during the day.. all good after a hard run or ride.<br />
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[url="http://www.runnersneed.co.uk/shop/en-gb/p_576.html"]http://www.runnersneed.co.uk/shop/en-gb/p_576.html[/url]<br />
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Cheers Willie, we do have a foam roller at home which you kinda place under your quads as you lie sideways on the floor and then roll up and down on. Can be really uncomfortable at times. Your suggestion looks a lot more practical.<br />
I also had a proper sports massage a little time ago which was a real eye-opener (as well as a real eye-waterer). Jeez it was painful. Anna, the girl doing the massage, works with Saracens locally and is used to working on rugby players muscles. I was almost on the ceiling as she went to work on my legs. Afterwards I found out she was only going in half way! Legs felt amazing about two days later. -
Early morning run along the canal and back - 4 miles ish. Felt quite good, nice pace and not too hot at 7.30am listening to James Brown 'gittin' on his good foot' on the iPod. <br />
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I ran today because we're off to me Sister's for the weekend down on the Essex coast, so Sat morning trail run for me. Will be a serious test of Luigi's no alcohol project, which is now finishing it's seventh week. My Sis has years of corporate entertaining under her belt and can tuck it away nicely - she'll find it hard to understand why I'm not doing the same. I'm sure I'll get through it though.<br />
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Will hopefully, get out on the bike later while Mrs Luigi has her regular Friday night catchup with her mate at the boozer.<br />
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I am becoming very dull. -
Friday night's bike ride was a bit of wash-out. My mate got a puncture and while getting the fucking tyre off was hard enough, getting the kevlar reinforced fucker back on with plastic tyre levers was impossible. By the time we left him to be picked up by his wife, my legs were cold and the next hill was a torture. So much so, I packed it in and went to the pub.<br />
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After a weekend of sober inactivity at the sister's, I needed to get back on the exercise again tonight. Unfortunately it's 30+ degrees here at the minute, which might be a bit balmy for you Aussies but feels like the surface of the sun here in Blighty. Going for a run did not seem like a good idea, but at least it was in the shade of the local wooded trails. Funnily enough I started off thinking this was the worst idea in living memory but finished the run feeling strong. My god, this whole exercise thingy could actually be working!<br />
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If this heat continues though, I will have to run first thing in the morning when it's cooler. -
Tuesday evening, 15 or so miles on the bike up and down the local hills with Mrs Luigi.<br />
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The cheeky Minx said she had to keep braking when riding behind me because I was going so slow. I told the lazy, ungrateful cow she was was quite welcome to do some fucking work in the front instead of sitting in my vast wind shadow all the way round. -
Went up to The Open Championships on Thursday last week, which wasn't much of a workout but walking round watching golf's superstars felt very tiring in the heat.<br />
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Ran 4 miles in the woods on Saturday morning with the local running group and kept it moving - even up the final climb. The rest of the weekend was spent with mates in Norfolk where I finally broke my no-alcohol pledge after eight weeks straight. Mind you, I didn't just break it with a few pints, I bloody smashed it to bits with everything I could get my hands on! Felt surprisingly well on Sunday morning though. What a sneaky bastard my body is - giving me a clear head had after a serious night on the sauce just to entice me back into the demon drink.<br />
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Monday night, another trail run with Mrs Luigi who skipped along in front quite merrily. Fortunately she would get lost in Tesco's if I wasn't around so at least she had to slow down for directions all the way. It's still very hot here and we've had to leave it later in the evening to get the best conditions. I seem to have plateaued on the weight loss front and need to make an extra push. My legs feel strong enough to handle more running so I'm going to run every day for this week and see where that leads me.<br />
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I'm also back in the gym this week with the weights as well as trying to get a few miles in on the bike.<br />
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uhh-ohh! Scrub all that. I've just remembered I have two days booked at the England -Pakistan Test match in Old Trafford on Thursday/Friday! That's going to change the plans somewhat.