JANUARY 2016

Lets get all the disasters over and done with now please. As a coach I know better, and I was not at all prepared for this time trial. Error number one – having a glass of wine the night before! For some people I imagine this would be fine, but I really notice it the next day if I am having to do any training the next morning. What can I say, it was a lovely summer’s evening and there was a wine tasting event that I was invited to that was walking distance from home!

Error number 2: Not checking kit before the race –the cleat on my left shoe had worn down so much that I couldn’t clip in, well I eventually clipped during my warm up and then made sure that I didn’t unclip until the race was over. Error number 3: Instead of charging overnight, my Garmin discharged itself (even though it was plugged in to the charger).

The time trial was 46km and I completed it in my slowest time ever! Lesson learnt the hard way.