19.5 weeks until the first race of 2010.
I'm keeping that at the front of my mind as I slowly build up my tolerance for threshold riding. Yesterday started week three of training and I've been on a schedule of 6 days on and one day off. Unfortunately, I missed all the nice weather we had over the weekend with only some time to hit the trainer either early in the morning or late in the evening.
The basics are:
1. Get used to being on a bike again. Also, getting used to the aero position again.
2. Slowly introduce short intervals and progress in time, but not necessarily wattage.
3. Once I can successfully hit a 15 interval at the wattage I want, up the wattage requirement and start over.
I'm at #2 right now. Yesterday had 3~5 minute intervals at perceived exertion with a towel covering my PowerTap. This gives me an idea on what I can (Un) comfortably handle without regard of power. Yes, it was low, but I'm aiming for a March 28th season opener. I want a slow build up to avoid burnout and avoid being a Christmas Champion. 2010 is going to be a long season even with the later start than normal and I want to keep rolling late in the year.
Over the next many many many weeks, I'll keep gradually building time vs watts to get where I need to go. With 19.5 weeks until the season opener, I'm trying to lose 19.5 more pounds by then.
1 comment:
It's funny how different race priorities mold each of our seasons. I was reading the blog and started to freak out with you starting intervals, while I'm barely riding. Then I looked at my schedule and my first A race isn't until late June....which is still closer than I think.
Keep up the good work. I'll start here eventually. Stupid knee pain.
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