Monday, December 1st. Training begins.
The morning dawned bright and humid. I was up at 4:15am, grabbed a cup of coffee then hit the trails for a quick hitout before work. The "Standard Morning Ride", that I've been doing for years now is only short, but heavy on short steep pinch climbs, and is a mix of tarmac and dirt. I'm lucky the Niner is very light as I was feeling washed out from a night of broken sleep and so took things pretty slow. The humidity though was oppressive.
I did a few rides over the weekend, just short rides on the Niner around the mountain bike parks in my area. Yesterday I went out (road cycling) with the intention of putting in an easy 100k or so, however that didn't eventuate due to a road full of glass and crap from the storm we had a few nights back.
My plan for now, building up my base, is to do as much mountain biking and road cycling as I can for the entire month of December. I figure the mountain biking will contribute to a lot of strength, and the road riding adding in some much needed endurance.
I'l have another look at my proposed climb for this Everest after receiving a lot of advice from the Strava Cycling group. It'll most likely depend on how I'm going as March draws near. I have a full 3 months of preparation, so at this stage at least, I'm feeling confident.
My trouble is I'm not built like a "roadie", i.e. tall and slim. I'm pretty "square" as my wife would say, with wide shoulders, long torso and short legs. It'd be nice to be a skinny, tall roadie but I have to live with what I've got I'm afraid. Therefore I'll just have to suck it up and make do.
My mantra from here on is "Don't limit your challenges, challenge your limits".
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