More Leeches... and more Abs

The blog sucking leeches had another fest today, what a motivation to keep you moving in the damped forest areas. The annoying part is when you get back in the car and you start feeling them crawling up your leg while driving!!!

The new "Gostoso" mountain bike is going great ;-) it would be better if I stopped hanging on to it until the last seconds while trying to clear obstables and not being able to "unclip" the pedals. There have been some funny falls lately, way too many though.

Tonight, another 1,000 abs down the roadbook, why 1,000? well it is simple, it is a nice round number but more important is the distance I prepare myself mentally to race while preparing for the Dakar. Since every day are a little less than 1,000kms, the left over are a bonus.

Abs, Abs, ... more Abs

Nothing like strong abs to hold you bike and save energy on the bike. The "new regime" has started again with 1,000 abs per day. For the 2007 Dakar I started doing those in October. This year I am starting in March!

That's right, one thousand (1,000) per day, no fail.

Interval Training

Hi everyone, the heavy duty training has begun! With the base conditioning out of the way, this year i am able to focus more on interval training to increase the size of my heart and lower my heart beat. This will allow me to have a better concentration while racing and ... a clearer head.

I like to keep things fun so I use a walking and climbing trail to do all that, which means I spend 1/3 of my time climbing rocky hills carrying the mountain bike, and or running down rocky hills.

The trick is to keep on moving to avoid leeches getting me ;-)