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Base Period 1 – Week 2
Plan Target this week is for 6 hours from 7 rides. Commuting Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. With final ride on either Saturday or Sunday. Monday and Tuesday will be about keeping the endurance going from the ride on Sunday. Hopefully … Continue reading
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Base Period 1 – Week 1
Review Not the best start to 2011, I really let things slip on the planning, and this meant I was playing catch up. I just about figured out that for my target of 300h for the year, I needed to … Continue reading
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2011 Training Plan – Step 2 – Establish Season Training Objectives
Start with my Mountain Biker Assessment form from the Joe Friel book. Race Ability Profile Ability Rating Objectives to Improve Race endurance 4 Moving from 4h to 6h events in 2010 to 12h in 2011. So will need to work … Continue reading
Training Diary (2010 P3 W5)
Objectives for W/C 15/11 More of the same this week. Be realistic + a weekend ride. Steady pace as last week but try and build the intensity. Try walking or running. Do have some bike maintenance to do: Swap the … Continue reading
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2011 Training Plan – Step 1 – Determine Season Goals
I’m using The Mountain Biker’s Training Bible by Joe Friel as my starting point for this. I read the book last year, but didn’t make much use of it through the course of 2010. I thought it better to go … Continue reading
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Santa Cruz Tallboy – Demo Day 4
Had a rest day on Saturday (Day 3), which was nice. The aim of this ride was to try and push the Tallboy to the limits of what you’d expect from a 100mm FS XC/Marathon bike. I was considering doing … Continue reading
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Santa Cruz Tallboy – Demo Day 2
Following the fettling on Day 1, Day 2 would be about riding as far as possible. Downside being a did need to spend a full day at work. So decide to string together a 22 mile commute route. Distance 44.4 … Continue reading
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Santa Cruz Tallboy – Demo Day 1
Things I thought were good Grease nipples under the bottom bracket where it counts most. The cable routing looks really neat and has another set of lugs for a adjustable seat post. The raw carbon black is very nice. The … Continue reading
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