Snow and Sun ...

That week was the third week of training for the race. I'm getting more tired than usual. Maybe it is a bit too strong ... let's see that week. This was the recovering week, so, I should not be so bad this week, which is endurance.

Thursday, as usual, climbing! It's getting funnier every time!

Saturday we went skiing, probably for the last time this winter. It was nice. I'm getting some techniques explained by Klaus (who practice this for the last 35 years, since he's 3 years old). It was fun at the end. And it was a different and better place than last time.

Since there was not "long and slow" on saturday, I had to do it on sunday, even though I had to help Thorsten moving flats. This last week we had snow on monday and nothing else (snow or rain) since then! Friday was sunny and saturday also. That means dry streets and roads! Good thing to an outdoor training, instead of indoor, and, why not, with the race bike!!

Saturday night I was too tired for going out, or for thinking, so I decided to sleep early and leave early in the morning. Started to prepare everything for next morning. Both bikes ('cos in case it was not sunny I'd go with the MTB). Equipment. Everything. Ended up changing an unused tube that came with problem and got a hole when I inflated it (gotta complain at the store). A tube should be good to get 130 PSI (9 BAR) of pressure.

Those unexpected tire problems made me sleep later than I wanted to ... but no problems. Still on time to wake up early, sleeping 9 hours, and do my outdoor training.

Sunday, 9 AM, got off the bed and ... and ... and ... IT WAS SNOWING!!!!! Isn't that great???????????

Had to go and do an indoor training, which is boring, specially if you had the illusion that it would be outdoor ... anyway! It's ok.

New week starts, today I couldn't train because I had an early appointment at the institute. But I just shifted the training schedule and there will be no resting on wednesday ... let's see how it goes!

Cycling in the rain ...

Last thursday was climbing day! It was great! I was teach real climbing technics. Got more tired than the usual, but it was good.

Sunday climbing was replaced for work!! :-)))

The week training was good and kind of hard (intensity week). Saturday was "long and slow". The weather was not too bad and instead of going to the gym (what is boring) and decided to get the MTB and go to the road on the way of the race.

In the middle of the training it started raining. So basically all the equipment got totally wet and I spent the whole day cleaning and drying the bike hehehehehe and had to work on sunday!

Of course sunday was a sunny day :-)))

On the other hand today it started snowing again ...

Got the new training :-)

Long while without posting. Last weeks where very busy :-)

So, talked to the coach and got the new training, more specific for the race that I'll take part in april. 80 km on the road with two mountains, right at the end of the winter ...

Now the training is:

Mon-thu - Gym with a new series of exercises, working more with hips and legs than arms, with warm up rowing and cooling biking for 10 min each.

Tue-fri - Bike (indoor of outdoor).
First week, endurance, 1:10 with heart frequency on 70-80%.
Second week, intensity, 10 min warm up, 5 shots of 3 min with heart freq. on 80-85% and cycling rate 70 rpm, 7 min rest, and 10 min cooling.
Third week, regeneration, 1:00 cycling with 65-70%.
Forth week, back to endurance, and so on, but increasing the times and duration of the shots.

Sat - Bike "long and slow" (in or outdoor).
2 - 4 hours biking with heart freq. 65-70%.

Nice training, already finished the first week, but totally indoor, since it's not possible to do it with 10 cm of snow at the door! At least not for me.

Last sunday (not today :-)) ) we went skiing! It was nice, again hehehe fell a couple of times, but it was much better than the first time.

Thursday came back to climbing, it was nice :-)) Today I was suppose to but we postponed for tomorrow.

Mainly that, so far.