{"id":1696,"date":"2010-07-06T12:19:10","date_gmt":"2010-07-06T11:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/?p=1696"},"modified":"2010-07-06T12:21:24","modified_gmt":"2010-07-06T11:21:24","slug":"ups-downs-in-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/?p=1696","title":{"rendered":"Ups & Downs in June"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well it\u2019s less than a week to go now till the World MTBO Champs in Portugal. June has been another month of ups and downs. Following my fantastic results in Poland I managed to pick up a couple of colds from my daughter, the last of which went to my chest. I also picked up some sort of strange fungal infection in a cut from Poland on my leg which also required a visit to the doctors. The last week of June was spent not training but pill popping and cream rubbing in a desperate attempt to get better in time for Portugal.
\nI did though take the opportunity to make sure I had everything serviced and ready and did some technical preparation.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>After a couple of recovery rides but knowing not to do anything too punishing in the week leading up to the World Championships, I decided to do a Sweet Spot session on the turbo trainer but limit it to just 1 effort rather than the normal 4 last night. It went very well and I felt great, feeling back in the groove, seemingly not having lost any fitness. I came into the house in a much better mood and phoned my coach for the normal weekly chat.<\/p>\n

I came off the phone and then promptly slipped on our timber stairs (yes I was wearing socks, yes I\u2019m a muppet) landing heavily on elbow, arm and lower back, very sensible, nothing seemingly going right for me at the moment. Luckily nothing broken or badly bruised but I feel a little sore now the day after.<\/p>\n

So time to pack, double check kit, get lots of sleep, focus on the good results from Poland and just get out there and do my best……<\/p>\n

We travel on Friday so as long as I can find a decent WIFI connection, expect daily updates from then.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well it\u2019s less than a week to go now till the World MTBO Champs in Portugal. June has been another month of ups and downs. Following my fantastic results in Poland I managed to pick up a couple of colds from my daughter, the last of which went to my chest. I also picked up … <\/p>\n

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