Having immersed myself in the Tour de France over the past three weeks, I’ve an even greater admiration for the skill, strength and resilience of world tour cyclists; maintaining that level of focus and drive on a sustained basis is remarkable – within the backdrop of cycling 200km each day and all the associated pressure, both from the team and sponsors, and the media. It’s genuinely next level. And they’ll be back on their bikes this week – getting themselves ready for the next event.
All this puts into perspective how modest the challenge I’m setting myself is; and instead of being all ‘woe is me’, a little bit more ‘can do’ will go a long way.
One of the biggest mental barriers has simply been dragging myself out of bed to train; and the biggest reason to hit the snooze button isn’t because I just prefer to sleep; it’s the thought of putting myself through pain. So the new plan – or rather, adaptation of the current plan, is a total focus on zone 2. I know I’ve said that before but this time it’s for real. A few days in and it’s working – in as much as I’m finding it easier to haul my ass out of bed – let’s just hope that the guidance that training should be 80% zone 2 – does what it needs to.
I’m going to FTP test in a couple of weeks which will be the first test…. In the meantime here’s a recap of the past few days.
342 Days 
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