I gave it everything!

Hi all,

I had a half day at work, so decided to hit up Manly Dam to see if I could post a time over a single lap.

Starting at Manly Vale Public, I took a slow warm-up lap in about 36, then put the hammer down and went for it.

My heart-rate immediately jumped to 177 and I think I may have gone out a little too hard. A few walkers and a dropped chain right before the moon-rock didn't help, but I would've lost a max of 15 or so seconds. I hit a PB for the descent before the creek and pushed as hard as I could along the fire trail. By the time I got to King St I was pretty wiped out and struggled through the last few hundred metres.

After a 37 min recovery lap, I decided to have another crack to see how close I could get to my first time and still managed a 28.30.

The training is coming along well and I'm thinking of having a crack at the half fling in November, to give me something to aim for. Then I think I need a road bike!

Strava link below:

https://www.strava.com/activities/388963662/segm...

If you want to read more about why I started riding and what I'm about, please visit my website - www.ridingforcancer.com and if you're feeling generous, please make a donation to the Cancer Council by hitting the donate now button.

Thanks,

Andrew O'Neill