Well the abscess on my neck has caused me to pull out of riding the Paris to Blackpool T2T ride in June.
The wound is looking better each day (I'm told) and Tuesday was the first day without any puss coming out of the wound which is a bit of a landmark. I finish the antibiotics tomorrow so the next week will be critical in how long it takes me to get back on the bike. If I have no infection from now on the doctors thinks I'll be back riding by the week commencing 14th May so fingers, legs etc crossed.
The upshot of this is that I'll have had five weeks without riding and with a month to go until T2T from my projected recovery date there is no way I'll be able to get back up to speed for the 100 mile day and taper in that period. On the plus side I'll be driving one of the support vans so I can still support the team and not be sat moping around like a bear with a sore head.
Basically I've had to start thinking about revised goals for 2012 and it's still a work in progress. I have two weeks away after T2T which was originally meant to be a recovery period but now I'll be treating it as a training camp hopefully and Richard will sort out some rides (quite fancy Isle of Wight regardless of summer traffic). I've also got the Lancashire Loop sportive at the end of September so I think for the rest of the year I'm going to concentrate on building up a fantastic endurance base.
Looking towards 2013 I'll be 40 so fancy doing something really special on the bike and also intend to take up time trials - watch this space.
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