Another day older and deeper in debt

Just a quick post to declare I'm another year older and perhaps even a little wiser. I had been a year of ups and downs and certainly one of my most challenging periods, but perhaps I've also learned more in that time than most other years.

My day started very nicely with breakfast in bed, followed by presents and even picked up for a great lunch. My presents you ask? All about the bike of course. Firstly, A HEADRATE MONITOR. Yes, finally I will be getting some input to my training apart from pain and discomfort, which on closer examination aren't the most ideal training aids. Dragged screaming and kicking into the modern age, I will now start to record stuff and even listen to the beeping as my watch tells me to slow down or speed up. Probably the latter mostly. But it has been a long-time-coming and now Ms Polar and me will be out there together.

My other present was the dvd of the 2006 Tour de France highlights, which I have been wanting for, well, about a year now, since its about to start again for 07. Last year was a particularly significant race, with Stue O'Grady fracturing a vertebrae very early in the race due to a fall, but finishing the entire thing anyway. Of course, Queensland's Robbie McEwan winning another green sprinter's jersey, and finally the controveral recovery and win by Floyd Landis. A must have I reckon.

And I'm using today as a 'line in the sand' for the training. I've rested for two weeks now with this head cold and although the retched thing hasn't gone, I've had enough of not doing much. So this weekend is starting back to things. My plan? a light run tomorrow - I know I promised a serious run, but I'll get to that. And then Sunday is a cycle to the Gold Coast with the Sunday crew, which will be about 125km. Its a regular winter ride for this group and its overdue. I'll post a ride report afterwards, but it always has some drama and excitment. Stay tuned.

Slightly Older Tomawac out