Monday, June 7 – 14 kms in 0:51
I think that this was supposed to be a rest day, but the weather was so nice that I just couldn't resist. After a 6 km morning walk with my daughter to the library, I had a very easy ride in the afternoon. I was on my road bike, but stayed in the saddle the whole ride and just cruised around the neighbourhood looking at houses that sell for more than I'll make in my lifetime. (Or to be more accurate, a couple of lifetimes.) This is the sort of easy ride that I never do. Whenever I ride around UBC I find that I always try to chase down the rider ahead of me. This sort of riding probably did me no good what so ever in the long term.
This year I'm really trying to stick to Cory's training plan. After all, he is the expert and if I hope to get any benefit from his advice I actually have to pay attention to it. In the past my biggest problem is that my training just consisted of riding my bike, and more riding was always better. Now, following Cory's plan, I'm actually following a structured pattern of rides with light and heavy weeks, a mix of road and off-road rides, and some off the bike exercises as well.
That being said, I got my weeks mixed up. This week Cory has me scheduled for 11 hours of riding, with three 3-hour mountain bike rides Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Next week is lower volume with only 7.5 hours scheduled.
So the week starts out slow and easy and then I go crazy for three days straight hammering on my mountain bike. I have some routes picked out on Bowen Island with big climbs, lots of single-track, and some technical descents. As I have six TransRockies under my belt I know that I can ride consecutive long days, but with Cory's help I hope to ride those days faster and be able to recover better between days.
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