YACC training thread

I should also add on :
Mick Byrne 200 - May 28th
Eoin McLove 600 - 3rd June
Evil 200 - 10th June
Midlands 300 9th July
National 400 August 6th
YOLA 200 September 9th
Dying Cow 200 September 16th

These are all provisional on free time and availability, and am not likely to make most of them.

First week over and not a great start. Had to stay at home to look after the family on Wednesday, which led to me becoming one of the infected by Thursday. It would sadly appear that I have gained weight since then.

Weight: 86.7kg
Average BG: 12.2 mmol/L
km's rode: 68.2km

Not a great start overall with my BG looking like this: 41 on target, 69 above target, 7 below target. The "Flu like" virus accounts for a good few of these but still not great. The software I use is not great though either and does not account for multiple tests in quick succession, so the readings are skewed upwards, trying to design my own to give a more suitable average average.

Mid week update. Had to put on chamois cream for the first time in years. I have been sweating buckets on the commute as I am dressing for winter but it is quite mild and while I am shedding clothes to get the right balance, I have not found it yet. Due to the generally unhealthy diet for the last while, it is very salty sweat and this is causing a bit of a sore in the nether regions. Caked with Sudocream last night and Chamois cream this morning. Hopefully it does not get any worse.
I have found a fairly fit person to challenge me on the commute, who seems to take very similar commute times to me. I bonked yesterday morning and was worried I would not make it in without having to stop. Luckily he skimmed by me and I got a shot of Adrenaline. I didn't catch him but I did stay within 20metres of him the whole way in. On the way home we crossed paths again half way home. He caught me on an uphill (although to be honest, I had not seen him yet) and scared the **** out of me as when i looked around he was close and the lights for some reason looked green instead of white, a trick of the eyes I presume.
Down a bit of weight this week already but I presume that is mainly water/sweat rather than real weight loss.

After 2 good days with watching what I eat. nothing crazy, just cutting down on the random eating I have been doing, I cracked last night at about 1 in the morning and got up to have popcorn with melted cheese. All in all still far less going in than the week before but by christ, when the cravings hit you it is hard to resist.

Fifth week over. Mileage has dropped significantly, although the few times I did get out, it was more fun and I felt fitter. My thighs are currently like tree trunks, so while I look a little slimmer, I actually cannot fit in a lot of trousers due to thigh size rather than waist size now.

Weight: 86kg (slightly lower)
Average BG: 10.3 mmol/L (slightly higher but my son ripped out my pump on Sunday which lead to high BG for most of the day)
km's rode: 88km (lower but more enjoyable)

BG looking like this: 51 on target, 72 above target, 8 below target. Improving

Sixth week over. Tired this week due to more travelling than usual,my BG levels are higher and I am quite cranky. Hopefully this week will be better

Weight: 85kg (slightly lower again)
Average BG: 11.8 mmol/L (slightly higher, not happy with that)
km's rode: 88km

BG looking like this: 39 on target, 53 above target, 5 below target. Not great overall and going against the trend so far. Machine brike so I ended up with no BG fr two days, hence the reduction in tests, and then tiredness due to travel, meant my levels were elevated (normal hormonal response to get you to sleep).

daragh_ wrote: »

You were robbed! Demand a rematch! (Great Job Boss!)

I don't know why, as he is A1 and I am A4 but I really feel annoyed with myself, I know I could have taken him. I didn't change gears, was wearing regular clothes but far more importantly, i think I just psyched myself out and could have given far more in the second minute.

That will not happen again, hammer it until I vomit the next time. Mentally weak rather than physically weak at the minute. Which is actually more upsetting.

Eighth week over. I feel OK this week. Legs seemed to be quite sore for the second half of the week although I was in flying form for the first half. Mentally prepping myself for my first race of the year but I woke up in the middle of the night drenched in sweat, to realise I was having another hypoglyccaemic attack. Got sorted but never fell back to sleep right and woke with stomach pain shortly after, never to go back to sleep. I decided to leave it but with only an hour to go I had improved and decided, to hell with it, lets go.
Got there, got prepped, and after the neutralised start, we took off at a blistering pace, with the guys at the front reporting repeated breaks tipping north of 50kmph in the first few km. I struggled from the off but every time the bunch started to split, I found the legs and jumped over. I counted at least four splits in the first four kilometers. At about 6km, coming round a long bend, I heard pops galore and only a few metres in front of me I seen the inevitable heap start. I was stuck in the middle and the heap was three bikes deep so I could not ride over or through and I had people on both sides so could not swerve. Managed to stop on the heap. The group was just splitting again and as i went to check on the rider on the ground beside me, I realised it was just going to b a training spin. Thankfully, the injuries, while not pretty, appeared minor, with just general scratches and road rash. Most people pulled themselves out quite quick, leaving three on the ground and me standing stuck in the middle. Alas for me it appeared my front tyre had spiked itself on a chainring. Big thanks for the tube and pump to the Everesting man. Got me home in one piece anyway.

Learned two things really quickly, one, way off the pace. Two, the number of severe hypoglycaemias I am having at night is frightening, the pain in my stomach would most likely turn out to be lack of water, which would explain the pain in my legs from the off. Alot to be learned. It turns out I don't have that killer instinct to ride on when someone falls, even though I know it is the right thing to do, to give space and clear the area.

I am sitting typing now as yet another hypo is why i am up at this time, so tomorrow will feel wonderful yet again, I have adjusted my basals to take care of this hopefully but it is really poor on my part that I am only seeing this pattern now.

Weight: 84kg
Average BG: 10.1 mmol/L (lower)
km's rode: 150km

BG looking like this: 37 on target, 38 above target, 9 below target.

Great improvement on the bloods with no weight gain as well. In fact I was lower than the 84kg for most of the week but I pigged out over the weekend. The bloods also improved dramatically, with most of the overs only being marginally over my threshold, and most of the hypos being only marginally below.

Currently wondering could I get out for the Newbridge GP next week.

CramCycle wrote: »

- get upgraded from Limit to Semi Limit in the Club League (then to beat daragh_ in one race)
- drop back down to 80kg
- get HbA1c down to under 7 by June
- Newbridge GP 5th March
- Stamullen GP 9th April
- Frank O'Rourke 30th April
- Paddy Flanagan Memorial 11th June
- Christy McManus\Roundwood GP Bray Wheelers 17th June
- Noel and Kieran Hammond Memorials 18th June
- National Road Race Championships – 2 Day Gorey Cycling Club - 24th June
- Stafford Wholesale Wexford Two Day - 19th August
- SERC GP South-East Road Club - 27th August
- Laragh Classic 2nd September - Probably Marshalling

One off the list, headed out with A4 and the rain stopped just as the race prepped to roll out but I did arrive home looking like a competitor from the tour de flanders.
Race started off at a more sedate pace than the last one but was still clipping along north of 40 for most of it. I started at the back without realising but bit by bit made my way up nearer the front, up into the top 20 for the climb. By the second climb it was strung out and I was in at no. 4. Not feeling great but I was able to dig in whenever the pace lifted, even taking the front now and again. Coming onto the second lap I was still in the top 10, then to realise we had lost the bunch, with about 15 to 20 of us away. We sat up a bit but when we realised they were catching us, we knuckled down and pulled away nicely before the climb. I was holding on but not as comfy as I had been on the first lap, I got caught taking a stretch on the front both before and onto the climb and stupidly plugged away. Still in the top 10 but as we came over it, they pulled away and by the top of the second climb, I was about 10seconds down but not losing time. Just before the finish line though, they started pulling away and I started to wonder was I being futile. Speed was north of 40kmph but not gaining. I could see one or two on the back also struggling. The chase group of 10 eventually caught me and I sat in to finish off the race, stupidly again took a few stints on the front and on the climbs again I started to slip back, losing the second group as we crested the second climb. I rolled in with my saviour from last week who got me home with his spare tube.

Overall, quite happy, I got around, pushed hard for bits. Exposed my tactical weaknesses but that's A4. Really need to knuckle down with the training though as well. I just missed that little jump when they pulled away and i really should not have been dropped so easily as I was not out of breath or tired. i think if I had had that little jump for when they rolled past, I would definitely have had a top 20 in me.

Away from racing for a few weeks now due to family commitment so really need to get the training down.

Tenth week over. Got a bit of HIT training in this week on Monday through to Wednesday and it felt quite good. Slowed down drastically on the Friday though as I felt a bit pooped by it all. No racing this weekend due to family commitments and I went out socialising instead. I can honestly say, I think that is the end of booze for the rest of the season. I felt like someone had bludgeoned me with a claw hammer on Sunday morning even though I did not have that much to drink (in my opinion). HbA1c is down by 1mmol/L since I started tracking my progress here, from 9.3 to 8.3 in 3 months, and my new Libre reader gives a predicted HbA1c that if it continues, will bring it down to 7mmol/L inside of 3 months.

Weight: 83kg
Average BG: 8.9 mmol/L
km's rode: 190km

BG looking like this: 27 on target, 16 above target, 1 below target.

A bumpy road this week with bloods skyrocketing mid week but overall, another week of improvements. Weight has been constant which considering my lack of efforts in the second half of the week, is not the worst thing in the world.

So I got my DEXA scan results back, so this is not a weekly review, just a summary of my results:

Total weight: 80.5kg
Percentage body fat: 17.4%

First of all, great news, my scales is over estimating weight by about 5%, so I am already a lower body weight than I thought, although I will continue to use my own scales and I won't be making any corrective action for it's readings.
Body fat% is not terrible by any stretch, in fact it is quite reasonable but I think it is fair to say in relation to my goals and my overall weight, it shows up that my aims are quite reasonable and achievable.

Thirteenth week over. No training again, even less commuting. Lost interest and took a lift on Friday, thank you wildcats, that will never happen again. On the track bike for the next while, while I wait for some parts to be checked and hopefully repaired on my other bike. I definitely have the gearing too high at the minute, so might change that down this evening. I really let myself slip this week and have lost all motivation, which is duly reflected in the data below


Weight: 84kg (first weight gain since I started)
Average BG: 9.3mmol/L (first large junp)
km's rode: 105km (first large drop in distance)

BG looking like this: 29 on target, 55 above target, 16 below target.

Horrendous control, and I feel ****ty and unfocused as it is simply a negative feedback loop. The worse I feel, the worse my control gets. The worse my control gets, the worse I feel and so on. Hopefully I can get out of the slump quickly.