Training Diary: of a (almost) 65 year old

  • Suffering in the heat

    January 20 to 26, just a little late in posting. This week’s targets This week’s training Monday 90 minute endurance ride, mid morning 35C heat. Completed it drinking over 2l of water and still lost 0.5kg. Wrecked me for the rest of the day. Tuesday 2 x 8 minutes, to get my FTP, followed by…

  • Perfect is the enemy of done

    Started the week with a head cold, no idea how long it was going to last, how it would impact my training or what my training was going to even be like. Ended up watching Ronan McLaughlin (of Escape Collective and Everesting World Record Holder fame) YouTube rant (for want of a better word). That…

  • Part of National Championship winning team

    Sunday, last day of a recovery week. I raced a criterium with the West Coast Masters. Bridged to a break, setting the fastest lap of the race. The winner who was definitely a grade or two better than rest of us rode away after I finished pulling a turn. I rode strongly, setting season best…

  • The rough plan

    The plan at the end of the year, six weeks after coming back from a foot injury, at the beginning of the crit season. Two weeks, 8 to 10 hours a week, two intensity (at least one VO2max) or race days per week, one longer (3 hour plus) endurance ride, two shorter (90 minute) endurance…