Well this week has definitely not been the best that I've had. I started my week off on Monday dislocating my shoulder coming home from work, which put me out of riding here in Adelaide. I don't really think I can describe how I felt when the doctor said that my arm must stay in a sling for two weeks and that my bike can't come with me. I know it's not like the worst thing in the world but it felt like my heart sunk. I'd been looking forward to this for so long and to have this taken away from me in such a short amount of time really sucks.
Stepping forward one week and looking back, I've still had a good week. I know that I can't ride and that sucks the most because I'm constantly surrounded by bikes and people who love bikes and all I can do is watch from the sideline. This has somewhat given me the opportunity to find some new things that I might not have seen if I was out riding. For example this quote which I find absolutely hilarious because it's so true and it would be something that I'd be worried about in the future.
One other interesting thing I found today was at the Santos Tour Village in Victoria Square and it shows what a pro cyclist would eat on an average day to keep their energy up and to stop them losing any weight. It's something that I found interesting because I think it was a lack of eating that caused me to get sick a week before the heading to Adelaide.
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| An average day of what the a rider would eat. |
This afternoon brightened my day I had a big chat with the guys from pioneer about their power metre systems before heading off to watch the start of this years tour down under at the People's Choice Classic which is a 50km criterium around the streets of Adelaide and the second stage of the Santos Women's Tour. I must say that the women's race was super fast and it was awesome to see a local rider from Cairns mixing it up with the big names from around Australia and overseas. I was able to meet the new Australian Champion Peta Mullens and get a quick photo with her.
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| With Peta Mullens |
In the mens race it was an absolute ripper with Marcel Kittel edging out to get the win over the other fast boys. Some fantastic racing and some near misses as always which make things exciting but also very scary as well because I know the feeling of coming off and having to have time off.
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| The fast boys coming through a tight corner |
On an overall it has been a good week. Hopefully next week can be better with a bit more enjoyment than last week tomorrow marks one week since I dislocated my shoulder so lets just hope that I can recover as soon as I can and start riding because seeing all these bigs is driving me insane.
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