Nutrition (weight loss) Power training (increasing power) and long rides (endurance) are all parts of the weekly training program for the next few weeks. Some of it I like, some of it I dread, but in combination, I think it is all making a difference. Tomorrow is my weigh in and today I will do my power test to see if I can add 4 watts to my power and hopefully see 2 pounds off my weight tomorrow.
Having to travel this week will throw a wrench in the specific training plan, but I should be able to work around it (running instead of riding, weights instead of TRX) there seems to be no end to the ways in which you can torture yourself with or without a bike. Nutrition seems to be easier when I travel, though portion size is an issue in our American Eat-at-the-trough/plate the size of a boat/feed the whole family-per order for $12.99 idiotic behavior. The good news is that it is cold enough that I can eat half of what I am given, put the rest in the car for later and keep the portion size more realistic.
Thankfully, it is 5 weeks to the Barry Roubaix and any set backs that happen now can be overcome. I have been fighting something (flu maybe) and I am convinced that taking echinacea every day is keeping this at bay, but I am still fatigued…getting old may be what I am feeling, but I would rather blame fending off the flu than denying my age.
Winter’s end is just around the corner. Finish Strong.
Jack.