Where's a Dr when you need one?!

Ugh, this cold just will not budge! Its after hindering me big time tonight, especially since I'm seeing great progress in my mileage!!
5.45 miles, and they were an absolute struggle to do, I had to give up and admit defeat!
Also, the many carb-y foods that I consumed today did not help me tonight, I'm here feeling like a complete grandmother at 9.13pm, barely able to keep my eyes open to watch the Wales-France rugby match in the 6 Nations (My other love, after cycling!)

Shall dig deep tomorrow, and try and have as much fruit/veg in my diet and see if it helps my energy levels! As obsessive as it sounds, it's a good thing I'm writing everything down in a training diary of what I'm eating and drinking on a daily basis along with my nightly miles and rest day notations - I can look back every day or two, see how I'm getting on and how the food choices I'm making are affecting me (Note: cut back on the scones and bread for a bit Karen, it's not helping your energy levels atm when its more white than brown you're consuming... TA LUV!)

I just need myself a Dorie really, 'Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, swimming, swimming, swimming, swimming...'
..Or cycling!

Down With The Sickness

Ugh... So, this is what a smoker feels like: shortness of breath, constantly feeling the need to cough, not being able to climb stairs (or, cycle even) without stopping for a break!!

Zero Times!!

Unfortunately, I've caught a little cold that has travelled down into my chest along with a dry cough, which isn't the best thing to have while training for a country-long cycle!
I struggled to cycle those 8.16 miles tonight, every time I got into the Zone I had to stop to catch my breath, to cool down, to do other un-lady like things like choke my lungs up! So not cool and very very unproductive!
But, I managed to soldier on, not successfully mind, but I managed to do something significant! I have to get back up to 12 miles or else I'm not going to progress at a speed at what I (personally) would be happy with!
On the plus side, the last of the Christmas Roses are nearly gone!!! HALLELUJAH!!! Still having the sneaky few, but its broken up over 8-10 hours and not 8-10 mins!

Now, if you fine ladies and manly men would excuse me, I've got a half portion of Thai Green Curry w/rice and green beans waiting for me, along with a coffee and an evening of YT-subscriptions to catch up on!!!

Zero Times

MISSING: Karen's Mojo... if found, tell her I need to have a quick word with her!

I mean, seriously! Im actually so disappointed in myself tonight! Great intentions of cycling 8 miles at least, cycle through the tiredness and what happens??

I don't even last 10 minutes... Less than 2 miles :(
A hormonal teenage boy would have lasted longer than me... yes, I know it sounds so so wrong, but I'm right though! And to make matters worse, I found solace in a bowl of HB Brunch ice-cream!

What I started to do last week was physically write down everything I eat and log every mile I've done, which is great and motivating and inspires me to make better choices...But, over the last 5 days I see red writing of naughty food choices on each day-page :( I don't want that for the duration of my training.

I know that people can go this way, but I don't want to slack off this early because I know myself, I won't stop and I will only pull out of that cycle, and I couldn't take the guilt on my conscience knowing that I had no one to blame but myself.

Onwards and upwards from tomorrow, I can pull through this! Seeing people suffer from cancer, plus Kelly Osbourne's recent insta-uploads of sweaty gym clothes are making me want to get back to the form I was in this time last week! Cut back on the carbs and butter, the yummy sweets (including the still-leftover Christmas tins - sad face), up my water and green tea intake, and really go for it  on the bike over the next 3-4 days, and I'll start feeling the euphoria taking over and make me want to better myself!

There are people continuously researching cancer day in and day out, there are people fighting the battles of their lives against cancer on a daily basis... the least I can do is sit on an exercise bike and try and better myself every day. Cycling the length of Ireland will be a walk in the park in comparison to those fighting at the minute..

It's the least that I can do.....

7 days....

Ugh!! What A Week!!

Between getting good mileage at the very beginning to then finding out that I had to cover 2 night shifts (last night and the night before), it's been one rollercoaster! I'm truly exhausted, I barely have the energy to keep my eyes open, never mind cycle, blog.. hell even shower!


But, here I am! Albeit, a short and sweet blog because I'm having a little pamper sesh tonight: facial exfoliation, hot hot shower, body exfoliation + total re-hydration from head to toe! Hell, I might even try and squeeze in a mini-mani! A girl has to look her best in times of tiredness! Plus, the rollercoaster has played havoc on my diet and skin!!!!

Now, if you would please excuse me, the match sticks are starting to buckle under the weight of my eyelids!


Bonne Nuit!