And gives me an excuse to drag out this photo of my clubmates Charlie and Peta and me with Nicole at an event in December 2006.
God, wasn't I fit and skinny then!
What a relief to see over a year's worth of preparation and hard work pay off for Cooke. Although luck always plays a part in road racing, it's reassuring to see effort rewarded with a result.
That's one of the things that's always appealed to me about cycling and triathlon: If you do the training, you get the results. Since completing Ironman Switzerland in June 2007, I've not even so much as run for the bus, and my cycling's been limited to commuting and over-reaching at the occasional event like the Gran Fondo Pinarello. It's no mystery why I'm now so fat and slow: I eat and drink too much and train too little.
But now I'm publicly declaring my intention to turn the tide and get back into training, looking forward to a late-season Ironman in 2009. After a last night of excess at Rollapaluza XI last Friday, my goals for this first week are simple:
- Nutrition: drink at least a litre of water every day and not more than 2 glasses of wine this week
- Activity: get out for a 40-minute run next weekend
Not much, I know, but it's a start. Hopefully the blog will help me keep it up.
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