As a follow up on the real heroes story, and to respond to Ivan’s comment about “giving back” there is an interesting development in the cycling world that started a few weeks back and that needs attention from everyone: the idea of a team, and to a greater extent, women’s cycling being backed by cycling enthusiasts. I registered my interest with it almost as soon as it started, and so should you!

Everywhere I now read “enjoy your off-season”, “off-season training plans”, “what to do and eat in the off-season” etc etc… Guess what? It’s NOT the off-season for me yet!

In 3 weeks time, I’m racing the very first ironman 70.3 Lanzarote and it promises to be an absolute cracker of a race, potentially well suited to my strengths. Out of the three disciplines in triathlon, I’m the best at cycling, and with almost 1300m of elevation gain over 90Km, it should be a tough course in the wind and the heat of the volcanic island. Hopefully I can do my training and my supporters justice with a good race, and check out the place at the same time for next year’s full ironman at the same place.

Off-season? Not yet…

Checkout this LCC essential advice and keep-at-it!! So many risks taken every day when staying behind is so much safer!