I’m writing this blog from onboard the ferry bound for France from Rosslare. Boarded last night at 9pm and it is not due to port in Cherbourg until 4.30pm the following day, so I thought I’d take advantage of all the free time to put together this blog.
In past years I have flown to Belgium Charleroi airport which always had cheap flights with ryanair making travelling costs quite low, but living out of a suitcase and whatever extra you can squash in your bike bag is tough going especially when it is for 8 months. So this year for the first time I have decided to drive over firstly to Rosslare, then catch the ferry to Cherbourg France and then drive the 600km trip north to Belgium and finally Oudenaarde, all in all it is easily 1000km+ behind the wheel. Let’s just hope that the TomTom doesn’t go on the fritz!!
The past week before travel has been all over the place, I have been mainly on the turbo due to bad weather and with limited training time due to my packing it has been far from productive. But hopefully when I get out to Belgium and start putting in some quality training in the Flemish Ardennes combined with some hard racing miles I’m confident that my form will continue to progress as planned.
Before departing I had a very good meeting with my nutritional Sponsors Molloys Lifestyle Pharmacies which provided me with Kinetica 100% Recovery, Kinetica Whey Protein, Sun warrior Vegan Protein, SIS PSP22 and Molloys own brand Multivitamin, Mineral & Herb capsules. I also had a nice talk regarding the fact that I have not fallen Ill in the past 2.5yrs since I started working on my Nutrition with Molloys, Now this could either be a pure fluke or it could be down to my regimented intake of UDO’s Choice Ultimate Seed Oil, combined with the Energy Plus Milti Vit, Min & Herb Caps. Before taking these supplements I commonly suffered from chest infections, colds and Flu, but since taking them I have had virtually no Illness. People can bring down and claim that The 2 above supplements have no affect on general health calling them “Snake Oils” But to all the athletes and people out there missing training days due to illness, whilst you are curled up in bed shivering I will be out laying down the hurt progressing my fitness even further and clearly the only change in my lifestyle which could have brought this about is the UDO’s Choice Ultimate Seed Oil, combined with the Energy Plus Milti Vit, Min & Herb Caps and Healthy eating regime.
Once I get to my accommodation and settle in I will post a Blog giving details on up and coming races along with some top quality training tips that I will be applying in an attempt to achieve some Top results in 2012 so stay tuned to the blog and keep the training going!!!