How it's been going so far

Since you come into this somewhere in the early stages, I thought I would let you know what's gone on so far. Pretty much I decided I wanted to do something I had no idea if I could do so I declared I would do the La Ruta de los Conquistodores race in November 2006. To say some people are sceptical is an understatement. Of course I understand but as they say "you gotta do what you gotta do" and I gotta do this.

To date I have been a middle to back of the pack cat 4/5 road racer and similarily successful sport level mountain bike racer. When I decided to ride La Ruta I stepped up my training to around 40 hours a month on my bike and hitting the weight room at least once a week. After two months I hit the wall and completely ran out of gas. Since it was around the holidays I figured it was all the garbage I ate. When it didn't get any better after I came home I took a look at what I was eating and found out I was eating too few calories and what I was eating wasn't the best nutrition. Since then I have straightened out my eating and everything is different. So now you are up to date. Training is going in normal peaks and waves and so far so good.