Post assessment & Chapter 1

The whole week of Week 19 (post marathon week) was done at ground zero...which means no workouts...zero...null. Alhamdullillah to my surprise, the recovery phase was short. After 2 days from race, I was able to walk, solat & throw-off the murky face in glory. Appetite was destructive. I was tense to feel the hunger every night before sleep though dinner was BIG. No idea which went well, but of course it's all at Allah's mercy.

Theory 1 : The legs are already used to the constant pounding of hours and hours, so an additional 1 hour plus from the normal LSD play less impact. Theory 2 : The ice therapy that I tried the evening after the race helped restore my form rapidly. Theory 3 : The ointment that I rubbed before bed. All in all, I was glad that it's over.

The reopening of Chapter 1 : My cycling affair - will take place subsequently. Get the running muscles to rest & restore & catching up with cycling friends, cycling stuff, spinning, intervals & of course the grand Tour de France. Nice timing.

Managed to squeeze in two spins on the weekend through some tight schedule. It's the quality that I pursue for this situation. Saturday, rallied with fellow Kuala Klawang group at Batu 14. I had 2 hours window, so the Klawang thing was not in the menu, which I bailed out from the peloton upon reaching Batu 18. The menu was intervals. Something I scraped out from the previous evening reading off Carmichael's stuff. The session was awesome, despide some offset which I mistakenly thought I lost my phone but it was safely placed on my dinner table at home. It penalised me with 20 minutes scavenging along the Ulu Langat road. Haiyo!

Sunday morning session had to be modified. Original plan was to spin down Langat again with Saiful. Program abandoned due to weather. It was overcast, promising a Sunday morning shower in 30 minutes. Getting soaked in Langat is not a great plan. Waited in-front of the pc checking mails & stuff. 8.30am and it still didn't rain. A quick invitation to my closest cycling alliance (my 6 years old son), and off we rode around the neighbourhood. First time for him riding on the main road, traffic was magnificently discreed. A 30 minutes father-son quality chat-ride was remarkable.

Later in the evening, Det & me rode to our lbs. Just a quick assessment on my mtb and a brief introduction to Det about cycling a.k.a. "racun". Initial stuff needs to be done on my bike : RD spring faulty, bar needs shortening, brake cable needs rerouting & in-search of seatpost (actual size for the frame). All these for the upcoming training program & definitely Prez ride in August.