My last cycle ride was two half hour hard efforts separated by a football match - I got back feeling a bit sore in the knee and ready to eat a load of crappy food. I picked up a cycling magazine that had been recently bought for me and read the article about being stuck in a training rut and it would appear that I am stuck in a training rut.
My main problem is time available and also the lack of variety. It's pointless being a great 10 miler when I have an average daily mileage of over 80 to achieve, my backside won't thank me. I have started to do longer rides at the weekend (slightly more variety) to try and get the necessary conditioning so it's not all bad. My other riding consists of the same route to work (as fast as I can given time constraints) and not much else; I can't remember the last time I went for a nice leisurely ride around some of the great contryside we have here. The main issue is that I may not be giving myself time to recover between the big effort rides or the long distance rides.
I am cross training though and that's a big positive. Boxercise, spin and circuits are all good and different from the day to day riding I do. Working hard at this stuff will hopefully improve my muscular endurance and improve my CV fitness - all good stuff for a prolonged tour. I have adopted this habit already so I don't have to make huge commitments to new training as part of my overall plan - the less I have to change the better.
Having said all of this, just jumping in the car now to get home, which is a bit lightweight.....
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