Word up peoples,
Quick pop quiz, do you know who sings the popular culture song "Word Up"!? No going on to google to find out.....my friend thought it was by Bobby Brown - I can tell you Bobby Brown did not sing that song! I'll put you out of your misery, it was Cameo.
Right, education lesson for the day over and done with to business and tomorrow is my first proper big race and I'm nicely bricking it....I don't have the nervous shakes or feel sick yet, I doubt I will get to that stage as I've been there before in my badminton days and it was just stupid - I think I was that nervous I missed the shuttle all the time - I looked like a right plonker on court. I always looked like a plonker on court actually and pretty much the same on a bicycle, some things never change. Tomorrow I'm racing in Le Samyn des Dames, if you've read my other blog posts you will already know that. The start list is out and there are some big teams racing it, Specialized Lululemon and Greenedge to name a few - nothing like throwing myself right into the deep end!!!!
I'm under no illusions that it's going to be rock hard and if I even just finish the race then I'll be happy, of course I'd like to try and finish half-way in the field but as a wise person used to tell me in my badminton days a few years ago, baby steps first and just enjoy the occassion, so I'm going to do just that whilst being as competitive as possible. After all it's a long season and I'm mostly just looking forward to getting started with the racing and enjoying this opportunity.
Tomorrow is an early start for us as we have quite a drive to get to the HQ so that means today will be a day of a bit of training, packing my kit for tomorrow, cleaning my bicycle, shaving my sparrow legs as the pins will be out tomorrow, eating nice and healthily and generally chilling out and holding the nerves at bay and of course spending far too much time on facebook!
Salut
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