Got the Dialled MX24R back and 10000 Steps completed before work!
I managed to wake up this morning at 5:30 even though I struggled to get to sleep after Basketball last night again. I was really sore but decided to go for my walk anyway even though I was really sore and my knee was hurting a fair bit! I figured that the walking would ease the soreness which it actually did! My knee gave out about 5 times while walking but is hurting way less now too 🙂
While I was walking I got an email from the powder coaters to say that my Dialled MX24R frame was ready to pick up from paining which cheered me up and stopped me thinking about my knee for a bit at least!
I walked 5.71 miles in 1 hour 36 minutes and when I got home I was on 114461 steps so well over the planned 10000 steps for the day already 🙂
As soon as I got home I had to start work so I didn’t get a chance to stretch my back out but I am feeling a lot better than I was when I woke up this morning so the walking really has helped a lot!
Walking this morning has made up my mind that I will try and walk 10000 steps a day for the rest of the year as it doesn’t really tire me out and sets me up for the day really well. I also like the fact that it helps to free up my back as well as get rid of any ache’s and pains from the exercise the day before. It also really improves my mood so its win win!
As I have a bunch of deliveries arriving today I may or may not be able to pick up the frame from the painters today. If I am able to then I may try and build it up and test it out at Burnham track for gates practice this evening. The way it is going it may be too late to get the frame built up in which case I may have to wait to ride it 🙁
My deliveries all arrived before 2pm so I shot to the painters and looks amazing! even better than I imagined that it would be. My new Ridea ceramic bottom bracket also arrived today which was a surprise as it was not supposed to arrive until early next week which was a bonus!
I am going to build the Dialled up later but I am thinking that I will not ride tonight instead I will build up the bike and also sort out my house as it is a real mess at the moment! I am alos a bit tired from basketball last night to I think that it makes more sense to rest a bit so that I am fresh for the weekend and ready to ride!
I plan to go to Bristol track early morning Saturday with my son and get some full laps in to build up my fitness ready to race at Bristol on Wednesday night and I will most likely go to Bristol again early Sunday to play around and see if I can jump some jumps that I haven’t jumped for a couple of years.
I can’t wait to get the Dialled build up to see how it is going to look with all of the black components on it 🙂
The bike is 85% done now it just needs the brake and cable fitting and I have ordered a new chain which will be here tomorrow (thank you wiggle + 🙂 )
I am putting the bike on the stand now and then I will sort the rest out tomorrow once the chain arrives.
I am really happy with the look of the bike now it is mostly built up. I just need to get the stickers on order so that I can get the frame stickered up as I think that it will finish off the bike nicely as the decals are mostly black so will tie in nicely with the colour scheme.
By the end of the day I had completed 16276 steps which is pretty good.