A good lesson for me in taking positives from what seems a big negative. Yesterday I planned to do a 100 mile ride (160 km) but couldn't. The night before I hardly slept and in the morning I felt very out of sorts. But why? Did I do something wrong or was it just one of those things.
The week before I had two lots of porridge two hours before. I also had juice and a gel. I think it's best to have food 3 hours before really but yesterday was an early start so I moved some to the night before.
Lesson 1 Rolled oats + banana + protein powder + water in the blender is great, but not three lots in the 4 hours before bed. Convenient, healthy and tasty it may be but it isn't good for the system. Pasta next time.
I'm sure that was the basis of my tummy part of the problem.
My sleepless night must have been due to all that energy quickly getting into my system.
The other mental problem I had to solve was that I have been sucessfully losing weight over the past month or so. I feared a lack of energy because of that so I over compensated. I messed it up.
Lesson 2 Consume a good level of carbs the week before. Probably around 400-500 grams.
Anyway, I felt like a fraud. Emma Pooley over came sickness to win the GP Suisse time trial - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/8655066.stm
And Graham Obre kept himself up all night (on and off) so his legs would seize up for his second attempt at the 1 hour record. Me, I'm just riding around Kent.
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