Here is a little something to keep you amused
Us arriving at Milan airport preparing for the drive to Varese (about 30mins.....) Any extra room is not wasted room!!!!
Some paddling on Lago Varese. Change of seating...(I'm on the left)
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Italy, gotta love it!!
Well, interesting, testing times since my last blog post. Since Melbourne I’ve unfortunately had to modify my training program a bit to allow the tendonitis in the achillis to settle down. I also had 2 cortisone injections to help it along its way. For the period of 3 or so weeks since Melbourne it seemed to be coming along pretty good. I even had 3 weeks off the bike which I missed heaps. Just before leaving for Europe (which was on Mothers Day….once again sorry to the mums in my life!!) Drew came up and we tested it in the boat for a few days and it passed the test. So at that point I got back on the bike and went for a couple of light rides with the famous, legendary Gold Coast based ironmen Troy (Bill) Penrose and Scott (Frank) Day, my other elite athlete training partner Laurie (Lozza) Shevlin was in hiding!!! I was happy with the achillis and was then looking forward to some great training in Europe.
We are now in Italy and loving it as usual. The weather, the water (where we row), the places to ride and the pizzas are all great. Training started out well for the first few days with some good rowing and a couple of good 75-80km bike rides. Unfortunately the injured old man (me) pulled up a little sore and now have to keep off the bike for a couple of days and see how it goes. I’m exchanging the bike rides for some other x-training like swimming, ergo etc. It’s a hard call, I want to get into training as much as possible doing all the stuff that I know benefits me but when it makes me pull up stiff and sore I just hope it doesn’t ruin me long term (Beijing). Sometimes you have to listen to your body more than your mind and your motivations and do the training that is smart.
We are training here in Italy for about 2 ½ weeks before travelling to Switzerland to race at a World Cup Regatta then coming home for our final training and preparation for Beijing. Our on water training is going well. We have changed the seating around for a little while as an exercise which is enjoyable being that it is a little different feeling and sensation. Its all going well and just looking forward to getting 100% fit and smashing myself in training!!!
Sorry, not able to download photos today.....
We are now in Italy and loving it as usual. The weather, the water (where we row), the places to ride and the pizzas are all great. Training started out well for the first few days with some good rowing and a couple of good 75-80km bike rides. Unfortunately the injured old man (me) pulled up a little sore and now have to keep off the bike for a couple of days and see how it goes. I’m exchanging the bike rides for some other x-training like swimming, ergo etc. It’s a hard call, I want to get into training as much as possible doing all the stuff that I know benefits me but when it makes me pull up stiff and sore I just hope it doesn’t ruin me long term (Beijing). Sometimes you have to listen to your body more than your mind and your motivations and do the training that is smart.
We are training here in Italy for about 2 ½ weeks before travelling to Switzerland to race at a World Cup Regatta then coming home for our final training and preparation for Beijing. Our on water training is going well. We have changed the seating around for a little while as an exercise which is enjoyable being that it is a little different feeling and sensation. Its all going well and just looking forward to getting 100% fit and smashing myself in training!!!
Sorry, not able to download photos today.....
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