I have learned an absolute tonne in the last 3 months.
If you know me…and if you are here you obviously do because there are less than 10 of you paying any attention to my ramblings.
In short I have done bugger all with regards structured training for the last 10 years and have gone from doing bugger all to going ‘all in’ at the limits of of capability from the get go.
My work capacity has increased over the last few months and as my work capacity has increased I have just increased my workload and my intensity and I am going to keep pouring myself into it.
Right now I am sitting here procrastinating and putting off doing a session where the sprint work intervals I am going to do are at an intensity greater than my tested peak power when I started and the ‘rest’ periods are actually at an intensity higher than my FTP when I first tested…and that is just to say…I am progressing.
This post is just to give you an idea of where I have been ‘online’ in this period.
Chris Miller and Jesse Coyle have a channel where they share their ‘show ‘ and other cycling chat and race reviews etc:
https://youtube.com/@chrismillercycling?si=XHaBngNmltvPHEML
Road to A is another channel where I have learned a tonne:
https://youtube.com/@roadtoa?si=tPqBz86ZTXHw6g5C
It will only be of interest to a few of you but wanted to share it none the less.
I have gone all in…I have not missed a day on the bike/training since November 24th. I am and will continue to train and test. I am going to continue to strip the flab off (down from…way to close to 130kgs when this all started to 116-117kg this week) with a view to being under 115kg by the end of this month. A the while trying to retain my lean muscle mass.
I am going to keep training and will start ‘completing’ gravel races with a view to the ‘competing’ in gravel races in the future.
I hope you enjoy Chris’s video of his gravel race. I am going to jump on the Wattbike and destroy myself in the hope that I will be able to ‘complete’ some races in the future.
Also…interested in your thoughts and comments
Will Heffernan 