Tuesday, March 25, 2008
The last 'off-day'
I had my last decent off-day today. I did bugger-all training today, and instead spent the day running errands. That entailed:
- scouring the streets for that elusive 24 Solo DVD
- paying for the air ticket
- returning movie DVDs to the Carnegie Blockbuster
In truth, i just needed some time off after a pretty busy Easter weekend. A brick (paddle intervals + trail run) on Friday; a 1.5 hour MTB singletrack session on Saturday; a 2 hour trail run on Sunday; an hour's swim + strength/stability work on Monday...!
That is not counting a roller session on Thursday and the swim on Wednesday (both were nothing crazy lah).
Nah, don't think it was much... maybe i'm getting soft. Many mates of mine are on programs now that look positively homicidal in comparison. This is all still playing around. I guess i just want to ease back into the training properly. Too much, too fast will screw me up big time! Case in point: i still feel the 'dead quads' from Sunday's jaunt up and around Mount Dandenong.
So back to the highlights of THE BIG OFF-DAY... the last one i'll be having in awhile, i bet.
Food: Always a good topic to kick off with. Leftover cereal and milk for breakfast... that felt shite, so went to the cafe and gobbled an omelette to top off. Then pasta for lunch (oversized ravioli); tea time - a whole falafel roll; and bit the bullet for late dinner - a large pizza (mexicana and vegetarian) to be exact - which was enjoyed over a new set of DVDs.
Exercise consisted of riding the good ol' singlespeed through town (after a Caulfield-CBD train ride), checking out bike shops, then stopping for that falafel roll. The first bike shop i came to, Altitude, had the shit (that 24 Solo DVD) i was looking for. The shop assistants there were very helpful and a couple of them were avid mountain bike riders. They pointed out that the shop only started selling MTB stuff six weeks ago. I chatted a fair bit with them before going on my merry way.
DVDs? After returning Knocked Up, Fearless (re-watched) and Annapolis, i borrowed Daywatch, Apocalypto and Eastern Promises for tonight and tomorrow. Such is life (at least during Easter uni' break).
Tomorrow? Get a paddle back in... i can feel the calluses on my hands thinning already! And definitely a run, or two - haven't done double runs in a day for awhile now.
- scouring the streets for that elusive 24 Solo DVD
- paying for the air ticket
- returning movie DVDs to the Carnegie Blockbuster
In truth, i just needed some time off after a pretty busy Easter weekend. A brick (paddle intervals + trail run) on Friday; a 1.5 hour MTB singletrack session on Saturday; a 2 hour trail run on Sunday; an hour's swim + strength/stability work on Monday...!
That is not counting a roller session on Thursday and the swim on Wednesday (both were nothing crazy lah).
Nah, don't think it was much... maybe i'm getting soft. Many mates of mine are on programs now that look positively homicidal in comparison. This is all still playing around. I guess i just want to ease back into the training properly. Too much, too fast will screw me up big time! Case in point: i still feel the 'dead quads' from Sunday's jaunt up and around Mount Dandenong.
So back to the highlights of THE BIG OFF-DAY... the last one i'll be having in awhile, i bet.
Food: Always a good topic to kick off with. Leftover cereal and milk for breakfast... that felt shite, so went to the cafe and gobbled an omelette to top off. Then pasta for lunch (oversized ravioli); tea time - a whole falafel roll; and bit the bullet for late dinner - a large pizza (mexicana and vegetarian) to be exact - which was enjoyed over a new set of DVDs.
Exercise consisted of riding the good ol' singlespeed through town (after a Caulfield-CBD train ride), checking out bike shops, then stopping for that falafel roll. The first bike shop i came to, Altitude, had the shit (that 24 Solo DVD) i was looking for. The shop assistants there were very helpful and a couple of them were avid mountain bike riders. They pointed out that the shop only started selling MTB stuff six weeks ago. I chatted a fair bit with them before going on my merry way.
DVDs? After returning Knocked Up, Fearless (re-watched) and Annapolis, i borrowed Daywatch, Apocalypto and Eastern Promises for tonight and tomorrow. Such is life (at least during Easter uni' break).
Tomorrow? Get a paddle back in... i can feel the calluses on my hands thinning already! And definitely a run, or two - haven't done double runs in a day for awhile now.
