Well it's over and it really caught up with me today. I did 75km on the road but felt a bit flat and my legs were definitely tired. Week 2 was not as successful as Week 1 for a variety of reasons - bike serviceability issues cost me 1 road ride, a hangover cost me 1 turbo session and we had 1 family day out. So only 200km clocked this week but it did include 2 of my 3 key turbo sessions, so it wasn't a complete disaster. Over the 2 weeks I have ridden approx 640km. The family day out was to the Isle of Wight and although no formal training was done we walked a very long way and I was on my feet for some 10 hours, so a bit like an endurance session. That said, I feel confident about Barcelona, and intend to ride the TT bike out on the road a lot more over the next 4 weeks.
One question for the coaches please. I am only planning to taper in the last week, but am unsure what the taper should consist of. I fly to Barca on the Thursday arriving late in the evening and Friday I will collect my bike from Kelda and have a short ride to confirm all is well with it. We are staying in a hotel with good sports facilities so gym bike session on Friday and Saturday are certainly options. I was thinking something along the lines of:
Monday - 3 x 6 mins @ 105% FTP + extended warm up and warm down with periods at recovery and IM race pace.
Tuesday - 90 mins at recovery.
Wednesday - 2 x 20 mins @ 95% FTP.
Thursday - Rest and travel
Friday - Short road ride and gym bike session.
Saturday - Very easy gym bike session, approx 30 mins. Sleep a lot.
What do you think?
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