Well the past week has seen me starting my training for Vaujany Master.
Technically I should have started training with 45 minutes swimming on New Years day, but with being away I didn't do anything apart from eat (I cut out the booze at 2:30am on New Years day) and with still being away on Wednesday that meant some juggling of the plan.
The first ride of the year was on Thursday which was a flat ride ride around the shores of Morecambe bay. The ride should have only been an hour long at HRZ2 (heart rate zone 2 - endurance zone) with 6 second sprints every 15 minutes but I got carried away and was out for and hour and a half and it felt great to be out again.
Friday was scheduled as a rest day but I decided to switch Saturdays session to Friday and Sundays session to Saturday to give me a double rest day over Sunday and Monday. Fridays ride was supposed to be a 1.5 to 2 hour hilly ride (again in HRZ2 apart from the climbs) and I set out really happy and enjoyed the climbing (my god I'm changing) but on one of the descents I got cold and no matter how much effort I put in I wouldn't warm up so headed for home. In reality the excess time spent riding on Thursday made up for the ride being cut short on Friday so no real problems on that front.
Saturday's ride was in the plan as a 2+ hour ride on flat terrain with all HRZ used but not too much time in or over HRZ3 (tempo zone). In the end I was out for 2.5 hours and really enjoyed it until the last 45 minutes which was my own fault because I didn't eat enough and badly bonked.
Overall I'm happy with how the first week has gone although training to times rather than distances is still taking some getting used too. My legs are a bit sore today but I haven't ridden on the road on consecutive days since July/August so I can't complain.
The coming week is similar to this week, rest Monday, swim Tuesday, ride Wednesday and Thursday, rest Friday and then ride Saturday and Sunday with no real change to the times.
My motivation is still good and I've only got a pound more to lose from what I put on over Christmas.
Onwards and upwards.
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