by PhilBixby
Tue Feb 18, 2014 8:30 pm
Yup, always one step at a time...
..all of the current routes allow for doing a lap (or most of one) of one of the local circuits and/or some faster work on fairly straightforward roads on the run-in. Hopefully everyone's also doing stuff on their own at a higher intensity which is preparation for levels of effort you'll get in races - at the very least threshold intervals, hopefully above-threshold work too. If we start focussing on fast laps in four weeks time, by then hopefully everyone's legs and lungs will be ready for it. Even doing laps should still be about working as a group - measuring your pace, riding through smoothly, letting the next rider come through, etc.
You should all have a bit of paper in front of you (or a mental equivalent) which you can look at and say "yup, that'll get me there, by then". Go on, tell me you have. Please!
..all of the current routes allow for doing a lap (or most of one) of one of the local circuits and/or some faster work on fairly straightforward roads on the run-in. Hopefully everyone's also doing stuff on their own at a higher intensity which is preparation for levels of effort you'll get in races - at the very least threshold intervals, hopefully above-threshold work too. If we start focussing on fast laps in four weeks time, by then hopefully everyone's legs and lungs will be ready for it. Even doing laps should still be about working as a group - measuring your pace, riding through smoothly, letting the next rider come through, etc.
You should all have a bit of paper in front of you (or a mental equivalent) which you can look at and say "yup, that'll get me there, by then". Go on, tell me you have. Please!