WOW, I can’t believe it has been an entire week since my last post. Did a bunch of training (XC skiing), ordered me up some back country cross country skis, which should be here this week so I can head out, road the trainer, got a resistance unit for the rollers, cleaned up the house, ran with the dog, and just bunch of other odds and ends that needed to get done around the house. Now, I am just sitting and waiting for my skis to show up so I can head outside instead of sitting inside on the rollers.
This year is a bit different than last year. This year I haven’t actually used the trainer all that much. Last year it was 6 nights a week, 4 of them doing Spinerval videos and 2 nights recovery. Early spring last year I was the strongest on the bike I have ever been. Was it because of the spinerval workouts or was it just the fact that I rode 6 nights a week throughout the winter. This year I am using my rollers more (helps with the boredom) and just doing longer intervals with shorts sets of rest in them. I must admit that I am no coach, but I want to see where this takes me this year. I think either way, riding a ton and frequently is the key and that is what I plan on doing.
This year some friends and I have decided to do a monster of a long road ride. A double century in fact (200 miles). We plotted out a trip from North Conway to Bar Harbor through Portland making a total trip of 216 miles. What a dosey. Then some others decided to do a 186 miler all around North Conway, but with TONS of climbing the same weekend we thought about doing our double. It seems as if it is decision time. I can say that if I do the one here in town, 186 miles ain’t going to cut it. I get that close to 200, I will ride around the Walmart parking lot for 14 miles just to reach that 200.
