DIY mini training camp

Wednesday, 23 January


In the week between two indoor time trials, I managed to eke out some numbers that look like a mini training camp. But I took just one day off from work, had no travel costs except about 40 miles of driving and various coffee/bakery stops, got my sprawling old apple tree pruned, and took a freelance job that will pay for a real vacation/training camp later in the year. The week by the numbers:

• 300+ miles on the road: more than 50 on the TT bike, the rest on my heavy ol' rain bike with 25mm tires--sadly, none on the tandem
• 3 trips to the gym to lift weights
• 2 trainer workouts
• 2 10K time trials
• 1 run

And to think one of my teammates nearly fell off her bike a few weeks back when we were talking about periodized training and I told her that some people get up to 20 hours of training during their heavy weeks. She could not fathom 20 hours of training--much less 20 hours on a bike--all in one week. :)