| Cycling with Tom.
Edinburgh - Peebles - Innerleithen - Moors - Edinburgh
The toughest training session of my life, not for physical reasons. Although I could barely move at the end of it.
Snow had been forcast, but I set off to meet Tom whilst the sky was nice and blue. It then turned to nice and snow. We set off anyway because we are men. Tapped out a good speed all the way down to Peebles, felt fine. Along to Innerleithen, starting to get a bit tired. Then heading up through the moors my energy just went, long hard climbs. Snowing. Riding on racing wheels on snow and ice covered roads is an amazing experience. The hills took my energy, and then the long descents took my warmth. I had well and trully hit the wall by the 2nd hill, about 20 miles from Edinburgh. The long drop down to the A7 sucked the last warmth out of me. A blizzard arrived. the only way to get home was to ride, so I grit my teeth and dug in. The snow was melting off Tom, but staying on me cos I was so cold. It got to the point where my legs felt cold, deep in the middle. That's bad. I starting shivvering big time as well, whilst riding, that's bad. I wanted to go into someones house and ask for some clothes, but then I saw how close we were, so thought I would man up and dig in. The last 30 mins was the longest half hour of my life, and probably the most painful. When I got home I got off the bike and cramped big style, couldn't move, I think I may have yelled a little. I had to stand and take it for a few minutes unable to move. Some man helped me to my flat, and then my flatmate helped me upstairs. I definitely had hypothermia. I got better. Had a sauna.
Training can not get any harder than that, the hard stuff is out the way for the year. Never forget the pain I went through today and I should be fine. |
