I planned to go out tonight for a quick training ride on my bike, but when I looked at the sky I decided I would rather not. I don't think it will harm me too much if I skip just this once. It may even be beneficial to have a complete rest day. But if my friends heard such softie talk, not going for a ride because it is raining, they would probably say I have been out of the UK for far too long.
Yesterday I didn't do any cycling but I did do Pilates in the evening. It was a toughie - in a one to one class you really can't get away with doing things half heartedly like you can in a group class. I came out of the class having worked my butt off for one hour, which is great. By the way I love the interesting names of the Pilates exercises such as "the teaser" and "the elephant".
I really hope my training has been sufficient. It is fast approaching the point where I should start tapering down for La Marmotte. I think the one hour nippy rides are fine and I can keep doing those for a while yet, but I shouldn't be doing any 3 or 4 pass rides the weekend before the race. That means this weekend is the last chance for such pleasures. The great thing about cycling is it doesn't have quite such a high injury risk as running does, being a low impact exercise. If you recall I had a lot of problems with runner's knee to begin with when I started training for the Zurich marathon. In the end I only had one month of uninterrupted running training before the Zurich marathon and managed to do pretty well for my first marathon. So considering I have been training for two months for La Marmotte without interruption, and the fact I have done it twice before, I should do okay.
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