Green Shoots

Haven't done much over the last couple of days, because I've been busy with various other stuff, but did manage to meet up with an advisor at the gym to talk over a training program.

On top of my regular yoga and normal cross training workout, she's suggesting I go to at least one of their Keiser Cycling classes. She's also going to put together a plan focussed on improving my endurance and recovery, but wanted to speak to the cycling specialist at the gym before giving me something to go away with. That's fine, as I won't be doing much over the next couple of weeks because of my sister's wedding.

However, in the small amount of cycling I did manage to do, I definitely felt a lot looser and like I was developing a bit more power. I've also lost a couple of pounds already, which is great. I think my target weight should be somewhere between ten and ten and a half stone, so that's a bit more than a stone that I've got to lose over the next four or five months. Written down, that sounds like a depressingly large amount - but I'm reasonably confident. I basically eat pretty healthily, so hopefully the extra exercise will do the trick.

On that subject, I've just signed up for the Hampshire Hilly Hundred - although I'm going to do the shorter 78 mile version of that as an early season "warm-up" and also the Dragon Ride. There's also a sportive based around Princes Risborough in late April, which might also be a good gauge of where I am fitness-wise, so I think I'll probably do that too.