Some times it's harder not to train.
I'm not talking about taking it easy to recover from a workout, or letting your body heal after an injury. I'm healthy, recovered and have a brand new set of wheels, Power Tap and all, sitting at home.
Let me back up for a minute. I received my new Power Tap wheels from WheelBuilder.com last Thursday. After putting the girls to bed that night I had just enough time to mount some tires and drool over them before leaving on a trip the next morning. I'm an airline pilot and it is without a doubt the best job in the world, at least for me. But the downside is, I'm away from home, and my bike, for several days at a time.
So here I sit, 2000+ miles from my bike, trying to move forward on my training for the Utah State Time Trials in 86days. When all I really want to do is go ride on my new wheels.
In an effort to make my time on the road productive, I've been plugging my weekly workouts into the off days of my schedule and trying to figure out how this will all work. In essence I have four workouts I want to accomplish on a weekly basis.
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Threshold Intervals- Done at 100% of Functional Threshold for 20min (2x20 or 3x20 as the race gets closer)
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Supra Threshold Intervals- 105%-107% of FT for 5 to 9 minutes (5x5@107% or 4x9@105%)
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Z2 Long Ride- On the Road Bike hopefully outdoors 2 to 3 hours, below 80% FT
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Training Crit- 30min local crit on Road bike.
I have enough time before the Time Trial to get in two 4-week cycles before my training gets race specific. The local training crits will solely be for training, trying to get some hard efforts into my legs and having some fun.
That's about it, all I have to do is plug the workouts and testing into my days off, make sure I can recover between efforts, and get the power progression right and I should be set. And save some time for my wife and the twins...and my in-laws are coming to town for a week...and...oh yeah, I need to start running and swimming again next week.
But more on that later (think sharks)
Train Hard and Smart,
Pat
