Update: 3 wks...
Weight: 12st 11.4. BMI: 25.2. Body Fat: 18.8%. Body Water: 55.9%.
Wk 04 Training: Hours: 12:57. Bike: 280.2k. Work: 9,209 KCal.
Weight… Down 0.2lbs. Steady as she goes. Similar to last week really – I am in a weight zone that I am comfortable with for the Etape and am prioritising strength, form & recovery over further weightloss. Of course, I wouldn’t mind losing another pound or two…
Training… Just 13 hours, 5 short of my targeted 18 hours. I opted for a change in strategy this week, largely as a result of my poor performance at Highclere two weeks ago where I did too many miles/hours in few days preceding the ride. So, decided to have a slightly lighter week this week. And felt much better for it.
This week, however, its go, go, go… I’ve decided to reduce my taper from three weeks to two weeks. No real science, just feels like the way forward. So, this means that this week, that was going to be my first week of taper, is now going to be my last week of hard work. A beasting it is then… There’s going to be hard sessions & long sessions. And long hard sessions. Something like 18 hours. Then 12hrs next week. And 6hrs in the final week.
It really isn’t long now.
Wk 04 Training: Hours: 12:57. Bike: 280.2k. Work: 9,209 KCal.
Weight… Down 0.2lbs. Steady as she goes. Similar to last week really – I am in a weight zone that I am comfortable with for the Etape and am prioritising strength, form & recovery over further weightloss. Of course, I wouldn’t mind losing another pound or two…
Training… Just 13 hours, 5 short of my targeted 18 hours. I opted for a change in strategy this week, largely as a result of my poor performance at Highclere two weeks ago where I did too many miles/hours in few days preceding the ride. So, decided to have a slightly lighter week this week. And felt much better for it.
This week, however, its go, go, go… I’ve decided to reduce my taper from three weeks to two weeks. No real science, just feels like the way forward. So, this means that this week, that was going to be my first week of taper, is now going to be my last week of hard work. A beasting it is then… There’s going to be hard sessions & long sessions. And long hard sessions. Something like 18 hours. Then 12hrs next week. And 6hrs in the final week.
It really isn’t long now.
Posted by Richard Allen
1 Comments:
Your taper weeks look like my big training weeks. Hmm. That makes me worried.
M.
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