20240206 Mouldy Goes to Seville – MGS Session 032

Folks,

Thank you for visiting the site where aim to provide regular updates of the challenge “Mouldy Goes to Seville”

In earlier sessions we explained how we would simulate the cycle, you can read about it here

Todays route

The route today took us along the Rio Jerea river

The direction of travel was running west through the Cantabrian mountain range.

Again like previous session, the route had some similarities to the climbing from Santander during the R2L in 2017, onto the Spanish plains

We enclose a screen shot/s from bkool application of planned routes/ sessions

Session 032 Route

Progress in this session

From Strava we enclose screen shots of what was achieved in this session

Today’s cycle

Prior to the cycle today we had experienced some challenges during December and January and with medical advise received, determined that that rest would be my best friend

Similar to yesterday, today’s cycle was very much about getting back on the bike and establishing if there would be adverse reaction/s and therefore had decided to keep the cycle short.

The gradients today was largely down hill.

This cycle is all about gradually building myself up, with a focus on sustainability where we hope to avoid any major injury relapse. You can read more about the why here.

Today’s kit

Focusing on comfort and the fact that I am a big frame, tight lycra is currently not my friend.

Therefore we decided to wear something more comfortable from the Celtic shirt collection and plan to do so for the foreseeable future

Keeping with gold / luminous theme, we had decided to wear a training top from season 2019-2020

The kit is pictured below with a pleasant backdrop of the some Celtic cycling

Kit = Celtic Training top 2019-2020

Progress to date = “Mouldy Goes to Seville” – Following actual GPX route – Sessions

Sessions	Miles cycled	Feet climbed	Minutes cycled
032	414	22,718	2091

Progress – Rehabilitation work prior to the starting cycle (End of July to September 2023)

Rehab Sessions	Rehab Miles Miles	Rehab Minutes
034	318	1462

The above sessions, miles and Minutes relate to rehabilitation work that we under went prior to commencing “Mouldy goes to Seville” cycle

Overall progress including Rehabilitation work:

Qty 066 Sessions

Qty 732 Miles

Qty 3553 Minutes

Milestones:

Today, We passed a milestone of having completed 40 % of the challenge.

Overall Milestones:

From being very nervous about doing 10/15 minute cycles at end of July 2023 as part of the rehabilitation work, we are delighted to have commenced making dents into the Spanish Sector of “Mouldy Goes To Seville Cycle”

Special thanks to our Physio Mr Brian Scott for helping with the rehabilitation and ongoing support.

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