Athlete Blogs
May 23rd, 2009Week update, rest, time trial truth
Hey all. Very exciting to see all the updates from everyone racing, training, enjoying the season, the great weather. This is what we live for all winter, all those cold dark rides. Summer is here!I love going out at 6:30AM and not needing long sleeves!
This week - those 2 days of 2-a-days were hard, really hard. Wed I rested, had to spend the day in ATL for work. I thought I'd be all good to go hard on thursday. Nope, felt BAD. I did a single 20, PE was way high for the power. Way too high. So friday I took an unplanned rest day.
This morning I planned a tune up ride for the TT tomorrow - about 90 min total, a single 20:00 at 95%. From the very get go i felt super good, had to keep holding back. Ended up right at 100% FTP for that 20 - basically race pace but for 20 min instead of 50, 52 min, whatever the race will take. Perfect. Amazing what a little extra rest will do. Like a whole new set of legs.
Tomorrow is a full 40km in wade, nc. I'm the first senior men's rider - 10:31AM start. I'm ready to roll, it will be hard work but simple enough - hold the right power, not too hard, don't wimp out mid way and see what happens. I'm not even going to predict a time not knowing the course. I'm racing to win, to put out the right power, but time will be what it is.
I'm not planning any elaborite warmup plan - just bringing one bike, will warmup on the road on the race wheels. If I had a helper with me, I'd do the road bike, rollers, etc - but alone I don't want to bother. So 10 to 15 min easy, 5:00 at 100%, 5 min easy then start. Simple enough.
Monday AM we have the NC state crit champs, I'm racing the early race, 35+, should be fun and then back home for BBQ, hanging out.
That's about it - just 5 short weeks till nationals. 3 more weeks of hard work - then a 2 week taper. All is looking good.
