first race of the season...

henderson_mk

So its the first race of the season here in Northern Ireland this sat....
I was looking forward to it, then I got a dose of cold/flu last friday which knocked the life out of me and I haven't been on the bike since last thursday... missed my club's RT too. :-(

Anyhoo... as I'm still not feeling 100% is it worth giving this race a lash this weekend? And if so... am I best trying to get in two hard days on wed/thurs? or just take it fairly easy all week on the bike?
I'm just not sure how to approach it now!

aarw

How dare you miss Annaclone!!!

The cold/flu ceratinly is doing the rounds here! There's plenty of other races to come.....

Bronzie

Agree with Aarw..........the season is long enough to put your first race back a couple of weeks. No point making yourself worse and if you are not feeling great you won't be able to perform at your best anyway.

andy_wrx

If it was a TT, you could ride it for training, not worry too much about your time cos you're not 100% fit and it's still early season, it'd give you a target time you could blitz next time out.

But if it's a race, if you're not 100% will you feel crap, ride slow, get dropped and end-up really miserable ? And delay your eventual recovery...

Like the guys say, I'd miss this one, recover quicker and come back fighting at the next one

henderson_mk

sounds like sound advice guys... ta. I'm still off work and am still not really feeling up to training hard so looks like its definitely out.

its a bit depressing... these things always seem to hit when you're getting some form!