{"id":470,"date":"2009-03-31T08:32:54","date_gmt":"2009-03-31T07:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/?p=470"},"modified":"2009-03-31T08:32:54","modified_gmt":"2009-03-31T07:32:54","slug":"a-week-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/?p=470","title":{"rendered":"A week off !"},"content":{"rendered":"

After my disastrous event last weekend and a long chat with my coach I decided to have a week off training, get some serious sleep and to chill out a bit on my diet. Looking back now its so obvious I was over doing it, but now I am back on track and ready to start on a new quality training schedule that Adrian is currently working on now that the evenings are lighter.
\nAmazingly even after pigging out for 3 days I found I had still lost weight by Thursday, though I am yet to weigh myself after a weekend spent on a stag do with old friends, staying near Ingleton, in the Yorkshire Dales. On Saturday after a long day walking (well crawling at one point as we were practically being blown off our feet) I tasted the best sticky toffee pudding of my entire life at the Old Hill Inn.<\/a> In the middle of nowhere this was a fantastic location for entertaining our stag and we had a great evening. We stayed at the Old School Bunkhouse<\/a>, at the foot of Ingleborough, which is maintained to a much higher standard than many I have stayed in.
\nAs the racing season is now upon us I have decided that my mountain bike needed a bit of a diet. With mapboard and pedals it came in at 26.5 lb which although not heavy is certainly not as light as it should be. \"\"<\/a>So with scales out and a little research I concluded that lighter wheels, seat and pedals were needed.
\nAfter much web searching I have purchased a pair of Specialized Roval Controle XCs,<\/a> a Specialized Phenon Seat and a pair of XTR pedals and will be cutting the excess tubing off of my seatpost. Hopefully this should remove approx 3lb from the bike.<\/p>\n

I have also decided to ride in some of the National Point Series this year for staright cross country racing. The first race is at Sherwood Pines this coming weekend (5th April), so expect a very tired Stodge’s race report early next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After my disastrous event last weekend and a long chat with my coach I decided to have a week off training, get some serious sleep and to chill out a bit on my diet. Looking back now its so obvious I was over doing it, but now I am back on track and ready to … <\/p>\n

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