With the leisure centre gyms closed for the holiday and the weather resembling Siberia, The Ironman has lent the Bigman his Turbo Trainer to get in some 'miles'.
And so it was off out to the garage in minus 3 temperature to burn some rubber. with the turbo set to maximum resistance Bigman was struggling to get his heart rate above 80 bpm and there was no chance of getting warm. With full winter gear including the gloves, he survived fifty minutes only interrupted by the chill giving need for nature to take its course.
Brief consideration was given to doing a 'Paula Radcliffe' however this was quickly dispensed as a bad idea.
Tomorrow the leisure centres are back open and the plan is to spend the afternoon completing a lungbusting, heart booming, gutwrenching session in Cowdenbeath.
With less than 70 available days of training, every one is going to count towards making sure the Cape Epic experience is one we will want to remember as opposed to one we will want to forget.
The difference will be made in the dark days ahead.
A visit to the doc last week to obtain a medical sign off was another step closer to the start for Bigman. The purchase of his bike 'suitcase' yesterday is one more thing ticked off the list of things to do.
It is planned to have a joint celebration of Bigman hitting the BIG five oh and a Cape Epic send off similar to the Tartan Army send off to the 78 world cup. This year, Posse Ecosse is as close as Scotland get to being represented in South Africa for an international challenge.
Details of the event which will be a fund raising event for our chosen charity - Aberlour Child Care Trust will be announced soon.
About Us
- Derek and John's Epic Caper
- The Absa Cape Epic 2010 takes place 20 - 27 March 2010. Approximately 800km with over 16,000m of climbing. Thoedore Roosevelt, the twenty sixth president of the United States in a speech given in Paris 1910 summed up the purpose of Derek and John's 'journey'. 'It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and the blood; who strives valiantly who errs and comes up short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring to greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat.' On their exploration, they will drop into many dark valleys and crest many high peaks. In each circumstance , they have a strong pool of friends who will share these highs and lows and who are as important a part of their journey as the event itself. This is their story.
Derek's Bike
Trek 6700
John's Bike
Revolution Triad 2.0
The start....
Fresh and keen at Lands End
The end....
At John O Groats
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