Saturday, 10 January 2009

In Green: Dreaming of a summer of racing







Bottome Line:

I was hoping to break through the 20-hour barrier this week, but the combination of a lack of sleep, poor nutrition, extreme boredom and getting back to the grind made for a challenging week. On the plus side: Sunday’s run was awesome, 4 of my toenails have fallen off, the blisters on my hands are hardening up, I have no overuse injuries (yet), and I haven’t fallen off the rollers (yet), I don’t ‘hate’ my bike (yet), I ‘only’ had 1 flat, I didn’t read my name in the obituaries, and I have lost ~ 7 lbs since X-mass (1/2 way there!).

Sunday’s workout: Skiing never happened as the roads were sketchy. 2-hours 30-minutes of running hills and cores.

Monday’s workout: 3-hour recovery ride, high cadence

Tuesday’s workout: 2-hour recovery ride, high cadence

Wednesday’s workout: 3-hours base (2-hours standing), super low cadence

Thursday’s workout: I had planned on busting an nut with some intervals but I had no sleep Wednesday night. 70-minutes recovery ride, high cadence

Friday’s workout: 3-hourse base, some SLTs

Saturday’s workout: 2-hours 30-minutes base (had to cut it short and ride off to work), out of the saddle

Total Time Week: ~ 17-hours 10-minutes

Summary: Ride, eat, no sleep, bleed, ride, eat shit, work, study, ride some more, eat some more shit, run, bleed, ride, blog.

Goal for next week: Eat well, develop a rhythm, stay positive.

Sunday: Ski race?

2 comments:

  1. My "real" base plan starts Monday.... only 13hrs for the first week though(not inc work), here's hoping for no burnout.

    Seeing what you do, this seems weak, but plenty for this hack.

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  2. Well you can always just back off if you start to become overextended. Good luck.

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