Yah I know! Again??
Actually I'm not even sure yet but I will decide in the morning. With the race coming up next Sunday the plan was to skip the next 2 normal workouts(easy bike tomorrow, and recovery day Tuesday) and move everything up 2 days in order to have a day or 2 off prior to the race. I still like that strategy, but quite frankly I'm not sure if it's do-able. I'm not worried about the race itself, since the worst that could happen is that I go slow, but rather about moving too quickly into the next phase of my bike training. With the exceptional test results of yesterday now entered into the calculations, the upcoming workouts are that much tougher again. As I look at tomorrows requirement it just seems too much the day after my long run. The other option would be to leave everything alone until the next scheduled long ride which I would then push out to the following week. Then I would simply extend the entire bike program by a few days. That would mean that my long workouts would move to midweek which I'm not sure I'm fond of. It would however work out reasonably well for my marathon at the end of April.
I also have to remind myself that the swimming pool is calling me. I avoided the place all of last week because of the March break madness that takes place there, but now I need to get a little more serious. Missing the pool also means I skipped my weights. I've been so bad I may have to go to confession!!
"Bless me father for the last I went to the swimming pool was over a week ago." Too bad that 3 Our Fathers and 3 Hail Marys couldn't make me a better swimmer! I'd be off to the confessional first thing in the morning.
Like I said, I will decide tomorrow (no, not about confession idiot!) and not until I'm actually on the bike. I will do a proper warm up and give the tough workout a shot. I will know quickly whether it is a mistake or not, and if so, move into the easier workout. I think the bigger mistake right now would be to go to hard rather than vice-versa. As much as I am elated with the progress I have made I am now motivated to squeeze out a bit more over the last 5 week section of the program. Wish me luck!
And to your question John, I have spent an average of 7 hours per week on my bike over the last 15 weeks. It seemed like a whole lot more for some reason. I think the learning here is that it's about quality, as opposed to quantity. Like I told Roo after I got off the trainer yesterday, it's not about the program, and it's not about the trainer. It's about how hard you work. The program and the machine are simply the tools and the motivator to get you to truly bust your ass!! While I know I still have to put the miles in to build my endurance, that's only one element.
Love
Peter
Actually I'm not even sure yet but I will decide in the morning. With the race coming up next Sunday the plan was to skip the next 2 normal workouts(easy bike tomorrow, and recovery day Tuesday) and move everything up 2 days in order to have a day or 2 off prior to the race. I still like that strategy, but quite frankly I'm not sure if it's do-able. I'm not worried about the race itself, since the worst that could happen is that I go slow, but rather about moving too quickly into the next phase of my bike training. With the exceptional test results of yesterday now entered into the calculations, the upcoming workouts are that much tougher again. As I look at tomorrows requirement it just seems too much the day after my long run. The other option would be to leave everything alone until the next scheduled long ride which I would then push out to the following week. Then I would simply extend the entire bike program by a few days. That would mean that my long workouts would move to midweek which I'm not sure I'm fond of. It would however work out reasonably well for my marathon at the end of April.
I also have to remind myself that the swimming pool is calling me. I avoided the place all of last week because of the March break madness that takes place there, but now I need to get a little more serious. Missing the pool also means I skipped my weights. I've been so bad I may have to go to confession!!
"Bless me father for the last I went to the swimming pool was over a week ago." Too bad that 3 Our Fathers and 3 Hail Marys couldn't make me a better swimmer! I'd be off to the confessional first thing in the morning.
Like I said, I will decide tomorrow (no, not about confession idiot!) and not until I'm actually on the bike. I will do a proper warm up and give the tough workout a shot. I will know quickly whether it is a mistake or not, and if so, move into the easier workout. I think the bigger mistake right now would be to go to hard rather than vice-versa. As much as I am elated with the progress I have made I am now motivated to squeeze out a bit more over the last 5 week section of the program. Wish me luck!
And to your question John, I have spent an average of 7 hours per week on my bike over the last 15 weeks. It seemed like a whole lot more for some reason. I think the learning here is that it's about quality, as opposed to quantity. Like I told Roo after I got off the trainer yesterday, it's not about the program, and it's not about the trainer. It's about how hard you work. The program and the machine are simply the tools and the motivator to get you to truly bust your ass!! While I know I still have to put the miles in to build my endurance, that's only one element.
Love
Peter
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