Category Archives: Training

Period 2 – Week 2

Plan In theory I should have started the Chris Eatough plan last week. I considered scraping the plan and going for something less rigid, but for now I’ll be trying to do as many of his workouts as I can. … Continue reading

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Base Period 1 – Week 9

Plan Original Target for this week was 7h. Had also planned to do the Wentworth50. Review The highlight of the week (given how little time I’ve spent on the bikes recently) was bizarrely coming off my bike. It was just … Continue reading

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Base Period 1 – Week 8

Plan Target this week is 7h. Should have been getting the base miles in. Review Given the mess last week, decided to take things really easy and do no commuting this week. The one ride was on the Sunday giving … Continue reading

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Base Period 1 – Week 7

Plan Original target was only 3.5h. Rest week. Review Well I well and truly messed this up. After riding Saturday and Sunday, I decided it would be a good idea to carry on and ride to work. Don’t worry I … Continue reading

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Base Period 1 – Week 3

Plan Going to take it easy at the beginning of the week, will have a big meeting on Tuesday, so will save riding for Wednesday and Thursday. Will try and do 4 x 1:15 sessions, to take me up to … Continue reading

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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

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