Week In Review
Here is my activity review for the week ended Sept 28th, 2008.
- Time Spent Training-8:39
- Miles Ridden-138.8
- TSS (training stress score)-552
- Weight-160
- TSS YTD-16203
- Total Miles YTD-3852
- Total Hours YTD-222:04
This was a great week for me. Primarily because I rode the Six Gap Century on Sunday, the 28th. It was my “premier event” of the year. I have been training for it most of the Summer and I wanted to do well in it. As a result I did not ride much the week before the century. I rode 10 miles on Tuesday, 15 miles on Thursday and a very easy 9 miles on Saturday. I wanted to be as fresh as possible for the 104 miles of hills on Sunday. When Sunday came I felt pretty good and had a great ride. I will do a more detailed review of the ride later this week. Needless to say, the century accounted for nearly all of my training for the week, 430 out of the 552 TSS. I was a little stiff and sore yesterday but I feel basically fine today. We’ll see how I feel when I ride.
The Week Ahead
My goal for the coming week is to give my body time to recover properly by riding at no more than a moderate pace and keeping the cadence high which will help the muscles recover. I will ride Tuesday-Thursday and on the weekend, as usual, and hope to get in 100 miles or so total. I won’t push things too much but rather just focus on getting some steady aerobic work.
Looking Ahead
My final “ride” of the year will be the Livestrong ride in Austin, TX on the 26th of October. This will be done with a team of riders from the area and will be either 45 or 90 miles. The pace won’t be real intense so it will really be just another long training ride. After that I will probably take some time off the bike and then start into the “Indoor Training Season” by mid November. My goal over the Winter will be to maintain fitness and get in some good 45-60 minute sessions on the trainer plus a long ride on the weekend outside.
Stay tuned for a full Six gap recap in the next couple of days.
