I really want to be riding today, sigh. Next Saturday will be my first ride!
I am though planning what exactly I will be doing during the training period thanks to an insigful session with David Evans a few weeks a go (many thanks David, you can find his coaching website here: http://campionefitnesscoaching.com/coaching.html)
Besides trying to minimise my loss of fitness though I am starting to focus on what other areas I can actually work on:
- Get to race weight (I am tracking my weight, my target is sub 150lb)
- Improve leg strength (Gym sessions)
- Improve mental fortitude (By simply digging in and finishing the turbo sessions)
- Practising my TT position to be as aero as possible, e.g. Turtling and keeping the knees in (Using a mirror or web cam)
- Adapt to the TT position by using the TT bike on the turbo frequently (maybe 75% of the time)
- Adjust my TT position to be more aggressive as the days count down
- Pedaling technique
There are a lot of things that I can work on, I just need to focus on these in each session as I move forwards.
Thankfully I do have a Tacx iMagic turbo which plugs into the PC and have real life videos, ergo vids and some virtual terrains. The RLVs for example you can complete this years etape and it adjusts the resistance based on your terrain, or in the ergos you can ride with Cadel Evans and you need to match his power to stay with him (you can adjust the power to say 70% mind you), or the virtual terrains you can steer round a virtual environment just going for a ride or race against computer players or other people online.
At least it will add some variety.
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