Here's where I am...
Last Monday I went for a long swim, long enough for my wife to scour the beach as she'd lost me in the water and for a kayaker to make sure I was alright after my shoe almost came off and I had to shake it back on, giving the impression I was drowning. After an hour and 20 minutes swimming against the tide I achieved a mile which I'm ultra happy with. Following a sixty mile ride, and another fifty last Friday, I finally feel like I'm ready to do this.
I'm into the tapering section of training and, as with running, have gone for the suggested 75%, 50%, 25% in the last three weeks of riding. It's hard to know whether to shorten each ride by that amount or drop a ride that adds up to it so this week for the 75% taper I've dropped the 30 mile Sunday ride. Next week I'll be doing 40 miles on the Friday with just the static bike and the short rides in between while the week before the ride sees a 30 miler at the weekend, tops. This is all to reduce fatigue as there's no chance of gaining much fitness in the last three weeks before an event; that all needs to come well before.
Next stop, Ride London on July 29th. I have a sponsorship site available if you do have a little to spare.
