Yes, the wait is over. My flight date has been confirmed as Saturday 4 October so I can now do my final prep and get my head around everything. I have packed my turbo bike and turbo and am sending it through the freight system so will take a few weeks to get there. But that's OK, as I have a strength and conditioning phase to work through for the first 4 - 6 weeks. Sags has helped with getting this programme together so I can expect some serious pain. I've not done a dedicated strength programme at the beginning of the winter before so it will be interesting to see how this works. When the turbo arrives I will move into a bike specific phase for the remainder of my det, building up the mileage on the LSD rides and hopefully increasing the power on the L3 and L4 sessions. I know what figures I was pushing out this year so if I can improve these by 20 or 30 watts I believe I will be in a good position to seriously challenge that sub 5 hour target at Roth and Barcelona. Based on this year's performance I know I can comfortably hold 36kmh on a flat smooth road for an hour, all I need to do now is to be able to hold that for 5 hours. Easier said than done I imagine!
After my fitness test on Monday I have taken to comfort eating. There have been a few cakes and doughnuts going round that I have found hard to resist, so didn't! And very nice they were too.
Resetting - 5K Fitness Baseline Race
4 months ago
2 comments:
Sniff.....the last of my training partners goes 8-( not happy. Stay focussed T Man; I know you will. Sub 5 Sub 5 Sub 5 Sub 5....
It is so good to have a focus to maintain when you are on op tour. Your 2009 season could do serious damage to your pbs.
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