Well I’ve been thinking about my training a little bit and how the season has been going. I guess this year is really a “building” year, as I don’t quite have the fitness to be very competitive in my current categories. I think it will actually be a good chance to focus on training well and getting experience without being too concerned about results. Here’s a little summary of my current training status:
Climbing: I’m not climbing as well as I was last year. I haven’t been doing a lot of hill training and I’m carrying a few extra pounds. I’m going to try to get some more hill workouts in but I’m not going to worry about my weight right now.
Sprinting: I’ve been getting my sprint workouts in but I don’t feel like I really have the snap that I should. I felt like my top end was weak on the last race ride. It’s early in the season though, so this stuff will come along with time and higher intensity rides.
Time Trialing: I am actually feeling pretty good about it. I think I’m at least as fast as I was last year and definitely getting faster. I need to work on pacing. I will be doing a 10mi TT tomorrow to sort things out.
Endurance: This is kind of an odd category but I think my ability to ride long distances at speed without a great deal of fatigue has improved. My ability to handle multiple hard days in a row has also improved. I’m pretty happy about this.
That’s about it… we’ll see how things go tomorrow.
