I've been training my body to be able to exercise on consecutive days recently. After training on both Sunday and Monday, it was safe to say I was definitely experiencing muscle fatigue and decided to take the rest of the week off in preparation for Sunday's race. All of a sudden, I had a little time on my hands. So I decided to use it "constructively" to play FIFA Ultimate Team. Scroll down now to the bit about cycling if you have no interest in computer games! After selling all of my players, I had around 30,000 coins to build a team. Not a lot when you consider that Wayne Rooney is about 80,000 coins. I opted to build a Brazil pace team. The only stats I cared about were pace (cheesy I know) and work rate. This is what I came up with.
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| Not a bad way to spend 30,000 coins hey? |
I did originally have Fulipe Luis in the LB position but my mate Andy was kind enough to buy me a Marcelo. To date, I'm 32wins, 0 draws and 0 loses and am on the way to a second devision one title. I've played all sorts of teams along the way including a couple of teams with team of the year players and better versions of my teams (with Neymar etc). I'm not doing anything special, just playing defensively with counter attack with the odd Tesco goal! Pace abuse works like a charm.
Jay has repeatedly complained that I mentioned in my blog a few posts ago that he was riding around Asia that on a mopped. He isn't riding around Asia on a mopped, he is in fact riding around Asia on a "mans bike" (motor bike). Not only has he complained that I made the initial mistake, he isn't happy that I haven't corrected it. So now I'm making a point out of it complete with photographic evidence just to shut him up!
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| Here's a photo of Jay with his "Mans Bike" that is absolutely not a mopped |
Now onto cycling. Had a very eventful race today. I really wanted to push for a top ten finish and for the first half of the first lap. It was on the cards. I had a really good start and was flying! Unfortunately half way up one of the switch back climbs, someone went into the back of me at knocked me off. For once my pedals didn't unclip and I was basically laying in the middle of the track hoping no one hit me. Eventually I got back up, only for someone else repeat the trick trying to overtake me, I was able to hold on to it this time (just). Very frustrating. The rest of the lap was a write off for me. My confidence was shot, and I was riding badly. On top of that, my stomach felt awful after consuming half a bottle of Nuun, half a bottle of High5, a Torq Sun-Dried Banana energy bar and a Torq Blackcherry Yoghurt gel. Needless to say, I need to work on my pre-race nutrition.
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| The calm before there storm.. |
Mid way through the second lap I managed to get my head back into the game, even after having to stop when my Oakleys fell out of my back pocket half way up a climb. On the last lap I had a little micro-battle with a lad who I was eventually able to drop. I was then able to gain another place when a rider crashed in front of me (sustained pressure me thinks). In the end finished 28th out of around 80 riders. My team mate Tony finished 20th, which was a great result. I felt if things had gone my way, I would of been right up there with him. I was disappointed with the way things had panned out, but felt I'd made the best of a bad situation. There would always be other races.
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| Brining it home |
Will had a much better race, he won his race by over 9 minutes! He was lapping at around 20 minutes a lap, which is fast. I've got a lot to do before I catch him. Ollie was absent as he was road racing, he had an awful race after his team mate crashed in front of him causing a bit of a pile up. Should of stuck to your MTB mate. Would have been interesting to see him and Will going at it.
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| Will was enjoying a quite Sunday afternoon ride with nothing but his thoughts |
Round three is coming up in around four weeks or so. I've decided to knuckle down a bit. I'm going to be following a structured training plan and really clamping down on my diet. 100% solid healthy eating for the next month. This isn't going to be easy. Let's see if it helps me break into the top 20 in Thetford! It will be interesting to see Will vs Ollie in the Junior category, both of them are on great form at the moment and will be racing for the Eastern Champion title. Game on!
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