Today I had to pick my partner Helen up from the airport. As I had not been able to get out much the last fortnight as I either had or was recovering from flu, I decided I would cycle the circa 50Km route back from the airport. So after a quick hello and all the romantic stuff I leave her in the safe hands of my daughter who can remind the former what side of the road to drive on etc., well Claudia is only 11 but is already fully qualified and well versed in back seat driving!
Leaving the airport is all down hill, my average speed was soon well above 30km/h and this speed that kind of motivates you to try and maintain the average. I headed down to ’Pont du Gabie’, an old bridge across the river Vienne and took the scenic river route back toward Saint Junien.
From the pont I started to struggle, although the Flu has gone It has left me with a chesty cough. I also seemed to lack any energy, despite being relatively motivated it just wasn’t happening. The average speed continued to fall until I reached home with an average speed below 25km/h.
It kind of got me concerned now, the last few months I’ve been following a training plan and I feel now its all blown out the water. Maybe it just means I’ve got to go back a few weeks in the training plan and build again from there. Oh well I guess that means I ain’t goin’ to be on form for the local club race, still theres a few weeks left!
