TR Training

I've been following the training guidance of Cory from TCR for a couple of months now. I've been doing lots of core work, intervals, and aerobic road rides. (I've also been spending lots of time pushing my two year-old around in the stroller. Not very aerobic, but I think that it helps build up those hike-a-bike muscles.)

Now with just over 4 months to go before we start in Fernie, I'm moving into the racing season and I expect that the training tempo will pick up. Today I was doing a bunch of core work and tomorrow, if the weather cooperates, I'll be doing a 2km and 10km time trial. But in Vancouver the forecast is for rain for the next 10 days. We got lucky during the Olympics, so I can't really complain, and I rode more this March than any year since I started keeping track of my riding.

So far this year I've ridden over 1400 kilometres (900 miles). This Sunday I will ride my 4^th Pacific Populaire. This is a ride put on by the BC Randoneurs. These people are the true heroes of long distance road riding. (If you think it takes an iron seat to ride the TR, just imagine what it takes to ride 1000 kms straight.)

The Populaire offers rides of 25, 50 or 100 kms. I'll be doing the 100 km ride again. I usually finish in about 3 ½ hours, but this year the forecast is for tonnes of rain and I'll be on my pig of a commuter bike with fenders. If I finish in under 4 hours I'll be very happy.

Tomorrow I'm on daddy duty and will probably put in 10+ kms pushing the stroller around town. It is light until almost 8:00, so if the weather holds I may get a ride in tomorrow evening.