Must update this more. Must do better. Must push myself harder.
Argh...exhausting stuff. I've always found it hard to focus on several things at once. I can get very obsessed by one thing and push myself in that direction but trying to balance work, training, eating, socialising is hard to get right. I'm not going to get all self-pitying because it could be a lot bloody worse but I just need to rebalance things and work out my priorities.
At the moment I'm doing about 50 mins in total commuting on the bike each day and three big weight and cardio sessions a week (well - I'm trying to. Bank holidays and other commitments at weekends are distracting me.) Must do better.
I shouldn't get demoralised at all because it's still early days but getting into a solid rhythm is proving difficult. It's getting to the stage where I'm a bit pissed off with myself for drinking unnecessarily or being lazy with food.
My aim by the end of the week is to get into the habit of carrying on with cycling to and from work, a cardio session at lunchtime and three times a week gym. This shouldn't be hard to do and I should want to do this. I keep hearing stories about people dying in the Andes so I need to push beyond what I'm doing now. I've made progress but I need so much more.
I still need to work out what to do about weekends...
Anyway! I've got a two week mini-trip from London to Amsterdam via Belgium booked with a friend in a month or so. It will be the perfect initial test to see not just cycling stamina but to test what little I know about expedition living. Tent, sleeping bag, water, food - done.
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