Strength Works

After a week off from the dreaded lurgy, I set off this morning starting my strength preparation for Italy.

The aim was to keep the cadence at around 60rpm and the power at around 400w. I used a 500metre length climb of around 6% gradient.

The weather was miserable, constant rain, but I was very focussed after a week off!!

Started off with a 1/2hr warm up, then began the repeat intervals. Felt very strong through all of the intervals, easily held the 400w - in fact i had a lot of trouble keeping the cadence and power down.

After a hour worth of this my legs felt pretty trashed. Which I took as a good sign. So i shall be alternating strength work and TTI work on a daily basis for the next 2 weeks. I want to make a good showing at the next Calga Time Trial with the aim to smash my 44minute time down to 42minutes.

I have a new TT bike, which I hope will allow me to get more aerodynamic than I ever have been. This is my first proper TT geometry bike and the new position is both comfortable and quite powerful! here are a few pics