Food is the key to success

Bigman and The Ironman arrived at Cowdenbeath Leisure Centre full of expectation. The motivation to come out on a rain filled, chilled winter evening was not running over however with only three weeks left until the Posse Ecosse fly out to South Africa for the Cape Epic 2010, every training opportunity counts.

Only one week left until the taper process begins.

The Ironman was powering ahead on the bike. The usual step machines were being used and so an alternative routine was called for.

The Ironman was turning the pedals like there was no tomorrow, pushing hard all the way to the virtual top. Bigman felt good however he could not keep up with pace and drive and determination of The Iron One.

After fifty minutes of interval training, The Ironman was some 5% further travelled. He is in awesome form.

Next the posse moved to the mats. Not for gymnastics but for the situps. Bigman crunched his usual 220 before taking a rest and doing some stretching.

The chat was about the tasks still to be completed. Not much time and too much to do.

On to the step machines and The Ironman was once again striding out.

Meanwhile, Bigman had bonked. With a busy day, the only food intake had been cup-a-soup at lunch time. He attempted a quick recovery with a mega pack of doritos on the train washed down by a Mars Bar. It was too little too late and the energy had drained from every sinew.

It is not a great feeling leaving a gym feeling drained of energy. Once again , a lesson learnt but not too late - Food is the key!