Something about me

Today I will change the main topic of my blog and I will say something about me. When I was a child, I loved all kinds of cakes and sweets. It has not changed. Unfortunately, as a child having a lot of sport, I didn’t notice the effects of excessive amounts of sweets. Before high school finals , the sedentary lifestyle and unchanging amount of sweets caused that I gained over 8 kg in 6 months. But after that, watching some photos from high school I was surprised, I wanted change something. But getting rid of unnecessary kilos is not so easy. I tried many ways, including returning to sport and apparent "limitation" of food. I’m not the type of person who can completely reject the majority of loved products and regularly visit the gym, that's why all this was not effective.
I lived in conviction that I have to accept how I look, even though I did not feel well with it. (I'm not saying that I was a hippopotamus, but 8kg difference  was visible to me and my relatives). A month ago, from day to day, I began to limit food portions and, of course, their calorific value. Already after two weeks, I began to feel much smaller hunger, and the weight dropped. Now, thanks to the beautiful weather, I do what I like, so I walk a lot and yesterday Kuba taught me how to skate! It still have to lose 4 kg to return to the "old" weight, but I know I can do it.

Lack of regeneration

Another busy week is behind us. Kuba profited the beautiful weather in the last few days, decided to ride a bicycle to work. Not a small challenge - every day over 100 km. All this to be ready for the first race of the Kaczmarek Electric series today. The competition took place in Rydzyna, near Leszno.  Last year, Kuba only rode short distances of around 25 km, this year he decided to triple this number, riding over 70 km on the Giga distance. (Nearly 4 hours) . Despite the fact that the result is quite satisfying, Kuba is not accustomed to return home without a cup or a medal in his pocket. However, the season has just begun. In my opinion, the fall of form is caused by too intense mode of functioning. I am waiting for the day when he understands that the daily training over 100 km and lack of sleep and proper regeneration are not good ways to achieve a succes.

First competition in 2018

On April 7, we're starting the MTB season. First competition: the direction of Sudety! It will be a very demanding race. Why do we start? Because for Kuba and for me it is a time full of work. From now on, we change the menu, and my person for the next few months gains another obligation which is the role of the manager. Hotel reservation, payment for the competition, finding the right transport. These are a few of many very important functions to make the season successful.  During Easter, I created a calendar until the end of June, from which it appears that only one weekend is free of competition. Such amount of trips and my studies at the same time won’t  be easy, so keep your fingers crossed!

Health problems

After two weeks in Spain, Kuba told me that he feels at the top of the form, full of energy to start the new season. He spent the next days after his return, riding bicycle and running.
 Last week, the trainer proposed him to check how his health actually looks. I think that Kuba didn’t expect such a turn of events but health tests for athletes showed something incredible. His body refuses to work properly!. From that day: a strict training ban. Sport Medicine Doctor said that an organism exposed to such an effort is not able to work for too long. This means that I have Kuba at home for the next two weeks, he is forced to be a couch potato! Despite the fact that I feel so sad, because of his health problems, It will be a good time I think, we don’t spend so much time together.