Bike Training - Yesterday I went riding, and had a pretty bad afternoon. The area was flooded, so I rode off to find a dry spot and came back to see my car had been broken into. Only my CD’s were stolen… but it still sucked.

Today I went riding at the local track. Unfortunately I lazed around the house until 2 o’clock and by the time I arrived at the track I only had 2 hours of riding before they closed.

I just tried to put in as many laps as I could. I roughly timed myself and my average laps where 2:05. I forget what my times where 3 months ago (didn’t write them down, doh) but I’m pretty sure that is at least 5 seconds quicker… but possibly 10-15.

The only problem is I was really tight on the bike. I can usually ride for half an hour at a time… but today I got tired after 5 minutes. My dad came out today and told me I need to ride smoother. Instantly I relaxed and got less tired - but still rode as fast.

Oh yeah, and I bought a new helmet. It was tripping me out though. My bike sounds so different when I’m wearing it compared to my old helmet. I kept thinking something was going to fall off or blow up ha.

Fitness - Didn’t work out today… but had an awesome training session yesterday. It involved lots of heavy cleans and pushups, and totally destroyed my whole arms. Good training for mx though.

Diet - 90%  - My diet today and yesterday has been near perfect… but as usual I have tiny moments where I lose focus and don’t give a crap what I eat. My diet overall is good, and it’s only really small things that are the issue, but it’s something I’d like to get sorted out so I can focus more on other things.

Other notes - The last few days I’ve actually been feeling a lot better about my training. I’m slowly getting more disciplined.

Sometimes it feels like I’m not doing enough… and there’s a million things I need to work on. But first I want to start sticking to my current schedule before adding anything else. BTW, my training schedule has been updated.

I’m still going to bed too late which sucks. Now that my discipline with my diet is improving… this is the next issue I need to deal with.

As for those main points I was working on earlier - here’s how they’re going:

• 1. Pick a time to go riding in advance, then stick to it.

I’m going riding on whatever days I have the time, but I tend to procrastinate and leave late. So by the time I actually start riding I’ve already lost a large part of the day. So no, I still need to work on this.

• 2. Mix up the types and intensity of my training.

I’ve cut a lot out of my schedule so I’m not committing to as much. Plus I’ve thought of a million different drills/skills/training exercises to keep things fresh. Putting them all together and sticking to them is the hard part.

• 3. Practice the small technical skills regularly - but in small spurts.

I do this sometimes, but too often I just ride mindless laps.

• 4. Plan my afternoon snack for after work.

This is going good. While I’m not planning my snacks… as long as I don’t lose focus of the bigger picture I find it easy to resist any sugar cravings.

• 5. Each day after work, get home and ride my pushbike for 15 minutes before I do anything else.

This has been going good too. I only ride my bike if I have had a crappy day at work, but it at least takes my mind off things.

That’s all folks…

Bike Training - Nothing.

Fitness - Nothing.

Diet - 90%  - Again, I ate perfectly today… but couldn’t help having some sugar after dinner. Man…

Other notes - Another slow day today. My bike’s radiator is leaking, so I pulled that off today and will drop it in to get repaired tomorrow. Hopefully I should have it back before the weekend.

I’ve also edited my training schedule - to make it more simple and easy to follow. My biggest problem right now is actually doing everything I plan. So I’ve set that up as something I know I can follow easily… then I will slowly add more things in from there. Rather than just spinning my tires and going no-where (like today).

Also, I’m going to make a conscious effort over the next few days to focus on every single thing I do throughout the day… and having the discipline to stop myself if it’s not in line with my goal. We’ll see how things work out.