The REAL cost of christmas

[huw williams]

Come on then - I'll start the ball rollin' How good/bad/indifferent was your xmas in training terms.
We all know how 'difficult' this period can be - more so this year as there was good-intention-scuppering ice all over the roads of Surrey (and Wales)

So here are some categories for you, but feel free to add your own - be honest now

Dec 18 2009 - New years day 2010 (roughly speaking 2 weeks)

Huw
Organised Parties - 5
Random unplanned get togethers for drinks - 3
Wine (in bottles) - lost count
Beer (in pints) - lost count
Spirits/shots - 1
Traditional xmas cooked food - Copious amounts
Chocolates - zero
Cakes - zero
Purple ones out of the Quality Street tin - zero
Training sessions planned - 8
Training sessions completed - 9
% Training focus achieved 100%
Weight gain - minus 3lbs
Hours on road - 8
Hours training indoors - 11
New year's resolutions - 0
FGF (feel good factor) on new years day (out of 10) - 10
Observations - Dragon Ride takes a bit longer at -1° with 3' of snow banked up on the sides of the road and ice on the descents
How was it for you? -

[Antloony]

Easy...

Parties - 1 (new year was wiped out by a cold)
Unplanned get togethers - 2 (though remained sober)
Drink - about 3 glasses of baileys and 2 bottles of bud.
Food - few glorious meals
Chocolates - no were near enough
Cakes - Call me Mr Kipling
Purple ones - oooh yeah..
Traning sessions planned - 0 (yeah as if I'd plan to train)
Training sessions completed - 0 (100% record there then Ant, good going son)
Weight gain - 0
Hours on road - 7 ish
Hours training indoors - feck that
New Years Resoulutions - Do more training
FGF - Sod off I had a cold.
Observations - Spent a week with a cold, went out on CR day after New Years day and felt gooood and strong

[kieran]

Parties - 1 (new year's eve)
Unplanned get togethers for drink - 0
Drink – lots of wine
Food – skiied in France for a week so a lot of this stuff
Chocolates –my weakness so a lot
Cakes – A few nice ones
Purple ones -yup..and other junky sweets! Christmas!
Traning sessions planned - 0
Training sessions completed - 0
Weight gain - 0
Hours on road - ZERO
Hours training indoors - ZERO
New Years Resoulutions - none
FGF – Great, had a really relaxing time, great week skiing in Avoriaz, France, didn’t get sick and had a few swims
Observations - didn’t miss the cycling too much!! and enjoyed doing other activities. Looking forward to warmer weather.

[Snoop Doug]

O dear - I was wond'ring when this would come up....

I think I managed around 12 miles on my bike @ snail's pace on Dec 27th. I did walk from Waddon station to the half n half for ACC beerup - then proceeded to get hammered so I guess the jog back to the station @ 11.30 doesn't really count

I have managed to walk up the stairs a few times, and oh yeah, I did go to pilates on Dec 23rd.

My weight seems to be holding steady ish at around 11st 3lbs. But - any remaining muscle is fast turning to goo so getting into my kilt for the club dinner should be fun.

I plan to ride more in 2010 (like I could do less ) once it gets and stays above freezing. Little and often to start with I think.

I too had no purple QS either though I did partake in a delightful boxing day goose atop box hill with Lord Ingram and all his staff, jolly good show.

NY resolutions - zero
FGF - pretty good, woozy head on Jan 1 but coulda been a lot worse.

[huw williams]

Goosed by Ingram on Box Hill eh? If that doesn't impact on your FGF nothing will

[Rob Q]

Organised Parties - A lot
Random unplanned get togethers for drinks - 2
Wine (in bottles) - A few
Beer (in pints) - more than a few
Spirits/shots - 0
Traditional xmas cooked food - Lots including: reindeer and bear meat in Sweden, Pork knuckle in Berlin and big ol fat goose on Xmas day
Chocolates - A few (there is a theme here)
Cakes - 0
Purple ones out of the Quality Street tin - a few
Training sessions planned - 6 ( CR )
Training sessions completed - 3 (CR )
% Training focus achieved 50%
Weight gain - Same I think, but need to get on the scales
Hours on road - 7ish
Hours training indoors - Does that include Wii snow boarding
New year's resolutions - Cycle more than last year
FGF (feel good factor) on new years day (out of 10) - 4 as I had a hangover
Observations - I bought way to much cheese and still have loads.
How was it for you? - It was great.
Lessons learnt from 2009 in cycling terms - Enjoy it baby!!!

[Jon H]

Organised Parties - 5
Random unplanned get togethers for drinks - 0
Wine (in bottles) - lost count
Beer (in pints) - lost count
Spirits/shots - lost count
Traditional xmas cooked food - 3 in 4 days
Chocolates - lost count
Cakes - mmm, my sister's homemade xmas cake
Purple ones out of the Quality Street tin - zero
Training sessions planned - 0
Training sessions completed - 0
% Training focus achieved 100%
Weight gain - no idea
Hours on road - 6
Hours off road - 2
Hours training indoors - a few on the Wii (got a bit of competitive dad syndrome with my girlfriend's kids)
New year's resolutions - broken already
FGF (feel good factor) on new years day (out of 10) - 10 - went and got muddy on the MTB

[Sylv]

[quote="kieran"]Great, had a really relaxing time, great week skiing in Avoriaz, France, didn’t get sick and had a few swims

[Andrew G]

[quote="Rob Quinn"]Observations - I bought way to much cheese and still have loads.

[Toks]

Toks
Organised Parties/Chrismas Dinners - 5
Random unplanned get togethers for drinks - zero
Wine (in bottles) - a few
Beer (in pints) - a few
Spirits/shots - none
Traditional xmas cooked food - not quite glutonous but I certainly dug in
Chocolates - loads
Cakes/mince pies - far too many
Quality Street - one whole tin mate. Just the purple ones? thats for light weights
Training sessions planned - 0
Training sessions completed - 0
% Training focus achieved 0%
Weight gain - ~2kilo probably; not including 3 kilos since August
Hours on road - 0
Hours training indoors - 50 mins
New year's resolutions - lose weight and get fit enough to hang on to TG group by my Birthday (April 25th)
FGF (feel good factor) on new years day - 7 (it would've been 10 but for fluey symptoms)
Observations - I really don't like my pot belly

[quote="Andrew G"][quote="Rob Quinn"]Observations - I bought way to much cheese and still have loads.

[Snoop Doug]

[quote="huw williams"]Goosed by Ingram on Box Hill eh? If that doesn't impact on your FGF nothing will

[quote="Sylv"][quote="kieran"]Great, had a really relaxing time, great week skiing in Avoriaz, France, didn’t get sick and had a few swims

[Paulos Fandangos]

Haha, great reading this thread, thought I'd add my own xmas exploits

Organised Parties - 4
Random unplanned get togethers for drinks - 4
Wine (in bottles) - 2
Champange (bottles) - 1
Mulled wine (in bottles/brews) - 6
Beer (in pints) - several...
Cocktails - More than enough
Christmas dinners eaten: 3
Mince pies: about 2 dozen
Cakes - zero
Purple ones out of the Quality Street tin - 0
Cheese boards devoured: 3
Training sessions planned - 8
Training sessions completed - 4
% Training focus achieved 50%
Weight gain/loss - 0, nothing, bugger all, diddly squat!
Hours on road - 0
Hours training indoors - 4
New year's resolutions - 0
FGF (feel good factor) on new years day (out of 10) - 8
Observations - I need to move somewhere warmer...