Post-KLIM

My post-KLIM recovery was good. My legs were tired on the Monday but otherwise ok, and the same on Tuesday - no stiffness or strains to be felt!

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Later in the week I managed a quick turbo-sesh, but only managed the one-legged drills. My planned interval set was put to bed by have to... put Lucas to bed! I had long wondered what the point of one-legged drill was, but having done it a few times and made an effort to increase my pedalling speed at the same time, I can perceive some benefit. I now tend to pedal at a higher cadence and in a smoother manner - with a less dramatic difference in power applications as my legs move round each cycle. This is necessary to prevent "bouncing" at high revs.

This is the drill I do after a minimum 10min warm-up...(5x 30s left leg only=30s right only-1min both)

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I gave swimming a miss on Wednesday. Partly due to laziness, but partly because I had the opportunity to go on Saturday. This is because (a) the swim coaches are now available on 4 days a week (Mon, Wed and Thu 7-9pm and Sat 5-7pm) and (b) following the application of some group pressure on the Project Director during our company dinner a couple of weeks ago, he's decided to do away with full day Saturdays - hoo-bloody-ray for that! Now I do 1/2 day every other week.

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With no run planned for Sunday, I ran the 15km to work on Thursday morning - and cycled home. Friday was another lazy day but after a quick 4hrs at work in the a.m. I did manage to get my weekly swim in later in the afternoon.

..and yesterday, despite getting up late, I managed to join PCC for the first time in ages for a 100km ride to Ijok-Batang Berjuntai-Batu Arang. Today I can feel my recent lack of cycle mileage in my more tired than usual thighs.

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Last night I attended my cousin's wedding at the Hindu Temple (don't know the name) in Brickfields - and it can be best described as...noisy, smoky, colourful and highly ceremonial...and I mean the former descriptions literally - I'm not complaining - it was noisy and smoky! Photos on the way.

And it's not over...we've a dinner to attend in the Istana Hotel tonight.

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Finally, for today, we're flying off to sunny Dubai on Thursday afternoon for 9 days. We hope to go to...the beach, the Wild Wadi water park, Ski Dubai, the desert, some souks...and whatever else takes our fancy. I'm looking forward to a snowball fight with Lucas in a city surrounded by desert. Weird concept huh?

Xmas Photos

I whipped up some lovely looking roast tatties!

All set - notice the glasses of Tetley's!

Lucas playing Connect 4 with his granny.

The Big Day

Here's a couple of snaps of my little Sis' big day on 6th October, at Islington Town Hall...

That's weird - I'm sure Lucas was with us all the way up the stairs - so where is he?

Presenting...Mrs & Mrs Newbold!

England in October?

Ice creams in a sunny Clapham Common in South London on the day we arrived.

Arizona? Nope - Teasles in Bedfordshire, England.
Nice blue sky, and a nice photo if I may say so myself!

Uncle Paul shows Lucas how to drive his "gay" (according to him) Audi convertible.

Me driving the said gay car.

Cool dude Lucas chillin' in an S-class on the way to Auntie Vicky's wedding

Hey! - This is the place we see on TV on a Saturday night!
Yep - it's Craven Cottage, home to Fulham FC.
As you can see, Lucas was pretty excited.

Fulham 0 - 2 Portsmouth.
2 goals scored right in front of us, and I even had the chance to catch the ball
after an off-target shot, but the guy in front of me stood up and got it - damn!