Track and TT fun

Raced for the first time last Friday night down at Dunc Gray Velodrome for the RAW track meet. Had a lot of fun and feel the legs burn. Managed a few places and returned home with very sore legs.

The following Sunday I did a 20km TT at Penrith regatta centre, last time i did this was in 2006 and did a time of 33.06 (36km/hr), this time i managed a 30.35 (38.6km/hr) so whilst I was pretty happy, I was a bit disappointed not to get over the magic 40km/hr.... maybe next time. NP was 309W, which was ok, given the fatigue in my legs from the previous 2 days riding. Here is a pic of me at the start line with all my geeky TT setup...

Heffron

Did a lazy 110km in the morning followed by a Heffron Crit in the afternoon. The legs were a little soft from the mornings ride, but I was quite surprised to feel comfortable in the bunch - even with a relatively high pace with some big hitters coming out to race.

Did a few turns on the front, and even tried to bridge to a break, but everything got shut down quite quickly. My chances at a sprint win were close to nil, so i tried to get away with 2 laps to go, but again, the strength of the bunch prevailed and I just had to be content with finishing with the bunch.

NP 300w, so pretty happy that the numbers are heading north again, especially as i've been doing no intensity work, but lots of long miles in the hills.

A few more weeks of this type of training, and then its off to Calga for the 25km TT to see if we can finally get under 40minutes. Barring illness, I think we should get there.

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Slow progress

Mt Keira this morning, 20.44. 30 odd seconds shy of my all time best recorded in April '09. Still, i'm quite happy, the volume has been very low lately with other commitments, but i'm starting to put together some quality sessions that are making a difference.

I'm also 2 kilos heavier than in April, which definitely needs some attention. Need to focus on this as much as training... high quality, lower volume!!!!!!

Training has been a mixed bag of hill intervals (eg, wednesday last week 50km with 1300metres of climbing), and long endurance rides through hilly terrain at moderate intensity. A few more weeks of this and I think i'll be back to my April form.