random stuff
So another week of hour record training has begun, and that means another new workout for the week. This thing is starting to come up fast! Little over 3 weeks out, feeling pretty confident, though I hesitate to say that. Seems as if I have a few good workouts and get some confidence going, then […]
Another real solid week, thank the lord I had no more 40 minute intervals to do! My week was mostly based around doing 8 X 10 minutes at > race speed (46-48 kph) with 3 minutes rest between. Works out to be 80 minutes of work, at over my race effort. This is a tuff […]
So I just wrapped up a week of threshold work, pretty darn hard I must say. The goal of the workout this week (I think) was to cause some adaptions by doing LONG efforts at/below threshold. These were tough on the legs, tougher on the taint and some serious mental training! Basically we are talking […]
I can’t claim to have invented the Drive n’ Ride, though I think I can claim perfecting it! In my hour record prep I decided I wanted to just do a ton of threshold work, I also figured if I could cut down the volume of endurance then I could do more time at AT, […]
There are two types of people (cyclist at least): those who like trainer workouts and those who HATE trainer workouts. Guess what type of guy I am? Yep, I dig them. They are the ultimate in efficiency and super controlled and measureable, bit sweaty though. I think there are some pretty damn good mental adaptions […]
I had a revelation about 2 years ago, I have read endless books and articles on training over the years. I really enjoy the technology, theories, equipment and the process of testing it all out on myself. Power meters changed my training for ever, perfect tool for me. If I can measure my fitness, induce […]
Got 2 weeks of my endurance work on the track done, basically some variation of 3 x 30 minutes or 4 x 20 minutes right below record pace. Pretty boring work really, just putting in the steady work and letting the body adapt to the position and stretch out a bit more aerobic endurance. Now […]
So I did not just jump on the track and bang out an hour test, then decide to knock out 10 weeks of training and go for an hour record. I started my first week for training for this at the end of August 2012! Not going to go deep into the workouts at this […]