As of yesterday I have now ridden 4 races here in Belgium. The first went down a treat, but the 2nd and 3rd were quite messy due to crashes and mishaps. The 4th race was also an unfortunate ride as with 2 laps of the 10km loop to go I flatted on rough section of road, thrown in the back of a transit van and bailed out at the start finish saw the finish to my race.
I generally ride to my race's here in Belgium, which means that if things do not go to plan in the race itself I can always make up for it on the way home with a tough ride back.
Over the next few weeks I intend on racing a number of Kermesse races here in Belgium before returning to Ireland for Ras Mumhan, TOU & The An Post Ras. I feel that my level of fitness is steadily returning to the state it was at prior to my injury and with no sign of any issues arising from my knee I can only hope that it will progress even further. Today im heading out for a short but intense ride after the monster 200km in the saddle yesterday.
In terms of my diet and nutrition, now that I am fully back into the swing of racing and training I can focus on steadily bringing the excess weight I piled on while off the bike under control. I am achieving this by controlling my intake of food and doing my best not to over consume after 7pm in the evening. Foods such as Porridge and Poached eggs for breakfast, Muesli and breakfast bars on the bike, followed by main meals generally composed of pasta, potato or rice for carbohydrates, chicken, tuna or steak for protein, and a mixture of greens to help my daily intake of Vit and Mins. In terms of supplements I am religiously sticking with my Udo's Choice Oil for my essential fatty acids & the for my Multi vitamin I am still using Molloys Lifestyle Pharmacies Energy + Multi Vit, Min & Herb Capsules. My Nutritional Sponsor James Geraghty from Molloys Lifestyle Pharmacies has recently provided me with some more products to try such as CoQ10 which is a vital antioxidant for our bodies And Bio Reu-Rella which is derived from Algae and contains high levels of Vit B12 and Vit A I have had a few people ask me to give a bit more detail on my diet in the past so over the coming week I intend on putting together a small blog post which will provide some basic info on what i eat from day to day, on the bike energy foods and daily meal plans
so keep an eye on this blog and in the next few coming days I will have so more Intel on my Racing and training experiences. Over last weekend I luckily was allowed to steward at the Tour Of Flanders which enabled me to stand on the riders side of the barriers to ensure that no lunatic's made it onto the course, it was a real experience and it gave me a perfect position to snap pics and record videos as the riders crested the top of the Koppenburg!!
The Cobra!!
