The final week

Nothing sensational to report.

I did an excellent session yesterday taking in some serious climbs which with some serious head/cross winds made for a very honest session out in the saddle. To make matters interesting, my powermeter battery failed just prior to the start of my ride so I had to just concentrate on the pedals. Rode out with a friend as hard as I liked and the legs responded well.

Final long ride and race this Saturday. I am really hoping for a result at racing to set the mood for Spain.

Back

Amazing what a 10 day course of antibiotics can do. Starting to feel human again.

A welcome side benefit of the tonsillitis was a drop in weight ~ 2kg. So now i'm back under the magical 80kg mark.

Now I just need the legs to start firing up and everything will be sweet for Spain.

grrrrr.....

F*&%king bacterial tonsillitis - again - second time in 5 months.... These suckers are coming out!

Certainly explains why i was not in form today.... back to ENT this week.

Calga 43km TT

New PB, 1.14.26, NP 290W.

Felt like crap from the word go, just tried to keep a steady rhythm and keep the power under 300W on the flat and 350ish on the hills.

Stuck to plan for most of it, but the power dropped quite a few times where I just couldn't get over the pedals. Chain wasn't moving all the way down the cassette which also lowered my top end speed dramatically.

All in all, a 7 minute PB from last time, a lot of benefit this time round with aero wheels, helmet and skin suit. I think a 1.10.00 is possible, but I need to figure out why my legs have not been responding of late.. I had a big rest week this week, but any efforts are quickly met with fatigue... Could still be overtrained - or - not trained for this kind of event whatsoever!!!!

5 more weeks until Spain, I need to sit down and look at what I need to do to get some improvement from the legs as I only have a couple more weeks of intensity before I start to back off..