Today I merged the Westside route with part of the Gladstone route. The intention is do a total merge eventually. However, today I was a bit wary of doing any "hill climbs" on my bike due to my injury as referred to in two posts away. It's not really an injury, but there is now a fairly solid bruise a couple of inches (I'm old school hence the reference to inches) wide and quite black and purple on the left side of my right knee. Also, I think I've slightly sprained my right elbow from landing on it. It's fine when I am a stationery machine (at the gym), but on the road bike it just places extra pressure, that I know would not be a good idea until the sprains have healed.
The route took me hour and a half today. Just near Matarawa railway station when I was returning home I passed a "mature"couple that were out cycling. It provided good motivation because it made me increase my speed as I didn't want them to pass me.
I'll get to the gym tomorrow and do a RPM session with the Hutt girl. That will make for a good training week. So, feel like I've got a training rhythm back, which was important as last week it was under threat - that's the good thing about bigger goals such as Taupo. They serve as a reminder that you have to keep going until you are there.
I've still got 9 RPM sessions to go until I reach the 100RPM goal. Progress on that front has slowed down simply due to not getting in Wellington or the Hutt on a regular basis. It will be good if I can nail that goal by the end of the month.
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