Jeff

Jan 4th, randomness, and awards

Next year officially starts on the 4th of January or at least that is what my little spreadsheet it indicating.  Starting then will allow me to get in three peaks next year (2 for road, and 1 for cross).  The first 16 weeks are planned out in very fine details with the remainder of the year being more generic.  One thing I am not sure of is how long my first peak will last.  Last year was not a good test as I switched jobs in the early spring that derailed my training.  The job has settled down enough that I am very hopeful of getting my workouts in with the necessary sleep.

My wife did remind me that I tend to have bold plans that don't fully reflect reality.  This may be true but if you don't set your sights high you will never reach your potential.  Thus for next year I would like to increase my power to weight ration by 10% and my FTP by 5%.  Are these reasonable I am not sure.  The lower levels goals I have are to complete the full strength and power cycles of my lifting plan and continue to develop my race savvy.

On a very different note I won the most improved rider award at our end of year team party.  It is nice to be recognized by your teammates.  I still feel like I have a ton of untapped potential!!!!

Take Care,

Jeff

the plan for the plan

So the plan for the plan.  I started to convince myself that using a coach to help me create my plan was a good idea and even did a little pricing around.  Unfortunately at work the rumors of layoffs started circulating again, and since I am in a middle management role decided less spending is better.  So I decided on taking the 16 week plan in the Training and racing with a power meter, bring the volume down a little, and add the strength training I want to do.  I am concerned it is still a little heavy on volume.  Below is an excerpt of what I am starting with.  On the main worksheet I have my FTP, and then all the subsequent weeks reference that value and take the ratio to what the book has.  The left side is the original volumes and the right has the modified version.

I still have not completely given up on the idea of a coach.  

Jeff