Today is 16 Oct 22. Time to review the purpose of this Blog - again! It is 2 years since the last review. 🤕 2022 was shaping up well and I was on track for a decent middle distance Duathlon race. Then COVID hit me! I tried to salvage the race season but never felt strong or healthy. Looking to 2023 now and focussing on being healthy and some sprint Duathlon racing mixed with some bike TT fun on the Canyon CF






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Saturday, 5 August 2017

The 7 Week Training Cycle - Has Been to Decent Shape?

After 4 weeks of decent training I now have 3 weeks until my first race. I hadn't realised just how out of shape I was. I guess an odd ride at the weekend just isn't sufficient to maintain race fitness. No shocks there! After week 1 I started to feel accumulated fatigue and any session seemed hard and the legs were extremely heavy. I knew it would be a case of just pushing through and remaining consistent. Only this week have I started to feel any where near sharp. I am trying to complete a mini reverse periodisation and then ease up the week prior to the Darley Duathlon. Today I completed sweetspot efforts on the turbo and mixed in some single leg TRX squats. The sweetspot efforts felt better than last time whilst achieving similar wattage. I also threw in 30 sec ftp efforts every 3.min. An overall weekly total of 12+ hours is also my largest volume for some time. I plan to race the local 10 mile TT soon to gauge my fitness on 2 wheels. Onwards and upwards! Oh yes. Note to self-start swimming!

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