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I'm starting this blog here to stop me posting increasingly obscure comments on Facebook, mostly to do with cycling, distances, heat and lack of sleep. This way I might manage to bore far fewer of my friends. Of course those that stumble into this blog will find the adverse effect: the full force of my lunacy revealed on a day-to-day basis. With a bit of luck I may bore myself stupid as well and this will act a some sort of a cure.
Until then... a brief rundown. The madfatbat has bitten off more than she can chew. Signed up for a cycling trip from Lhasa to Khatmandu via Everest Base Camp. 22 days on a bike with a few other lunatics, the excuse being that we are raising money for Mission Himalaya's new orphanage (www.missionhimalaya.com). Which we are doing. Not a massive amount but every bit counts.
So, aims: get fit. lose weight. get on bike. cycle up f****** huge mountain then down the other side. climb into wheel chair. go home.
Current status: some weight lost, some fitness gained. Discovery of no power in knees due to arthritis. Today's training: 4 hours on bike - 60 km with 10 smallish hills. 45 minutes weight training with Milos, 20 minutes cardio on cross trainer. Part of me's feeling a bit smug. The other half's just knackered.
It's late. Only (only?) 40 km tomorrow. 5 a.m. start. Night.
I'm starting this blog here to stop me posting increasingly obscure comments on Facebook, mostly to do with cycling, distances, heat and lack of sleep. This way I might manage to bore far fewer of my friends. Of course those that stumble into this blog will find the adverse effect: the full force of my lunacy revealed on a day-to-day basis. With a bit of luck I may bore myself stupid as well and this will act a some sort of a cure.
Until then... a brief rundown. The madfatbat has bitten off more than she can chew. Signed up for a cycling trip from Lhasa to Khatmandu via Everest Base Camp. 22 days on a bike with a few other lunatics, the excuse being that we are raising money for Mission Himalaya's new orphanage (www.missionhimalaya.com). Which we are doing. Not a massive amount but every bit counts.
So, aims: get fit. lose weight. get on bike. cycle up f****** huge mountain then down the other side. climb into wheel chair. go home.
Current status: some weight lost, some fitness gained. Discovery of no power in knees due to arthritis. Today's training: 4 hours on bike - 60 km with 10 smallish hills. 45 minutes weight training with Milos, 20 minutes cardio on cross trainer. Part of me's feeling a bit smug. The other half's just knackered.
It's late. Only (only?) 40 km tomorrow. 5 a.m. start. Night.
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