Last week was dominated by soreness to my right shin. It’s not like the pain is killing me but it’s there and it’s annoying. On Tuesday night Rita suggested I have the next morning off then do the ladder in the evening. I wondered how that would change anything and dismissed the idea. But I [...]
Pleased to report I set a new PB for 15 laps of Jacob’s on Friday. I started out with 5 very slow laps having no intention to go hard. My mate Mark was having a bit of a dip so I kind of just joined in. Pretty soon I’d rounded the 10 lap mark feeling [...]
Jacob’s Ladder was again my playground last week. I managed 150 laps and a new PB for 15. There was a break in the hot weather on Friday and that brought a welcome cool change. It’s so much nicer to be working hard when it’s not hot. Breaking things up was the start of my [...]
I ripped out 10 laps of The Ladder in 28:48:48 today. This was done after I’d done 10 laps to warm up. I had the engine well and truly at operating temperature. There was only light traffic and I was able to maintain my downhill speed. I set up a fast lap with a fast [...]
As of Sunday my tally for the year is 920 laps of Jacob’s. I’ll crack 1000 on Thursday if everything goes to plan. On Wednesday I produced a personal best for 20 laps. I’m still pretty stoked with the effort. There are a few Ladder regulars expecting me to do 20 in under an hour. [...]
There’s a point on Jacob’s Ladder where the pain in my legs feels sharp and red and hot. It always happens on the first lap, before I’ve broken a sweat and way before I’m up to full speed. It happens again on lap 6 and sometimes on 16. It’s a pain that asks why and [...]
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