Logistics for my trip are just about sorted. Flights booked, hotel booked, rental car booked, doesn't leave too much to on the organisation front except the things that I can't do until much nearer the departure date like preparing my bike, packing etc.
Training has been going well, I'm just coming to the end of "Build" after which I will switch to some race specific stuff for the final push so to speak. There are a couple of mini peaks in the next couple of months, for Maryborough at Easter which is always good racing in a concentrated period and the Australian Titles in Adelaide in May and probably the Benalla Tour in June. Loose plan is to back off a little after each of these events then put in a hard week or two with the aim of lifting the form to be really good in July when I will be in Belgium.
I've now had 2 or 3 races and whilst they have all been hard in different ways I've been reasonably pleased with how I've gone in the race. Rochester was frustrating in failing to get up by around 200 metres! and Warrnambool since I broke my back wheel with about 5k to go and whilst I am under no illusions that I would have won that race with Scratch already "up', I did feel pretty good and that I would have been in the money. Oh well plenty of races to go yet.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Thursday, March 10, 2011
11th March 2011
After a few disrupted weeks due to entertaining overseas visitors I feel I'm back on track and moving forwards. Of course how I move in races will be the acid test and I have to admit my second race didn't leave me feeling as happy as the first but interestingly my last 20 minutes of the race, after I got shook out, was actually my best power output over 1 minute, 5 minutes, 10 minutes. So the analysis that I made was that I'm still shy of the 'peaky efforts but the basics are pretty solid.
On the strength of that I've entered the next series of Open events up until and including Easter, hopefully some more racing will bring me on a bit more.
In the meantime I'm continuing with a block of 'build', which is a mix of continued threshold intervals and shorter (far) more intense intervals and some 'form' sprints. Form sprints are not at full gas but concentrate on getting the power down whilst maintaining 'form' and style, probably no more than 90% and without the explosive jump at the start. Which is good for me since I don't have what you would call a 'jump' anyway!
So I think I'm still on track to not make a fool of myself in Belgium and to that end the racing calendar for Vets in Belgium has been published for the 2011 season. I'm getting excited already, remembering the courses that I rode well and the few that I felt didn't suit me, wondering which race to choose on the (many) days where I have multiple choices. In truth I will go with a plan but vary it day by day depending on how I feel, the weather etc etc.
On the strength of that I've entered the next series of Open events up until and including Easter, hopefully some more racing will bring me on a bit more.
In the meantime I'm continuing with a block of 'build', which is a mix of continued threshold intervals and shorter (far) more intense intervals and some 'form' sprints. Form sprints are not at full gas but concentrate on getting the power down whilst maintaining 'form' and style, probably no more than 90% and without the explosive jump at the start. Which is good for me since I don't have what you would call a 'jump' anyway!
So I think I'm still on track to not make a fool of myself in Belgium and to that end the racing calendar for Vets in Belgium has been published for the 2011 season. I'm getting excited already, remembering the courses that I rode well and the few that I felt didn't suit me, wondering which race to choose on the (many) days where I have multiple choices. In truth I will go with a plan but vary it day by day depending on how I feel, the weather etc etc.
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