What a week. I really shouldn’t of done the Dark & White Trailquest last week. I felt horrendous with a temperature all day Monday and ended up off work on the Tuesday. Man Flu, a terrible affliction.
So most of the week was spent trying to decide whether to race on Saturday down in Hampshire and servicing my bike just in case. The chainset although only going on in late September for the European’s has taken a complete hammering in the mud of the Cyclo Xs and Trailquests so a new chain and granny were required.
The Military Challenge is always on just before Xmas and is one of the very few MTBOs in the winter so I really wanted to go (see event report for more details). I ended up not deciding till late on Friday night and ended up staying at friends in Romsey that evening, as trying to drive for 6 plus hours and do a 3 hour race in one day would be a bit daft even without the Manflu. Bizzarely however Alan H ended up staying at my place in Stafford that night to break his journey from Shap and got to the event before me on Saturday morning……………
Even on Saturday morning I nearly didn’t race, and thought about retiring after 2 hours or riding. Its difficult when there are so few races in the UK, the temptation to do it is overwhelming even when you probably shouldn’t.
Writing this on Monday I do now feel that after 3 weeks I should now be able to get back to training again, but someone wants a kitchen floor finished by Wednesday, so Ill take it easy for the first few days back 😉