Well firstly I have found with nothing on the horizon to train for I am really struggling to fill in my online training diary - @trainingpeaks which I am sure will cause my coach (Mike) endless hassle - that is unless I develop some motivation in the next couple of days!!
Secondly, I have rediscovered the love of just getting on the bike and getting out there - trying out new routes rather than the same old routes - which is something I don't do when I am building. The reason I don't try new stuff during the build is I find that I need to measure my effort and assess it - something which is very difficult to do if you change the one fixed element - the geography! The Aerotic is under wraps until the new year (and no I have not yet cleaned it from Galway
In addition to the cycling I have started a lot more running - leaving the HR monitor at home and running on feel (only cadence/time) showing on the Garmin 310. It gives a great sense of freedom - also for some reason I run faster too...I am consistently aiming for RPE of around 11-13 and I am hitting a 5:45/km average - not bad considering that at my peak running in this last year (before i injured myself) I was aiming for that!
Swimming continues...I need to work out if swimming will be a big focus next year (as I am not going long) - the dates/venues for the Great Swim series should be announced soon - I am serious thinking of aiming for top 10 in AG in the series....I managed 4th in AG at the Great East swim and 38th overall so I may be in with a shout...watch this space!
Anyway I will post some pretty graphs later when I get round to it (and fill in TP).
Later
I.
