nutrition

After another week of riding into the office my legs are feeling sore but strong. When I first began cycling I needed to shift gears for almost all inclines, now I barely touch the shifter. I couldn't understand how road bikes only had one set of gears - it's now very obvious why.

The Gold Coast marathon is just over a month away and every day is now a calculation to optimise my performance. Cutting to much protein increases the risk of injury and fatigue while too many calories will mean excess weight on race day. It's an intense optimisation problem that will be the main factor to weather I meet my goal of 3:45:00 on the day.