Am I ready?
Submitted by Competitive Cycling Blog
A few days ago I was asked by a friend, who is giving me a hand with coaching, if my body is ready for more intensity. I didn’t answer his email. He called me a couple of days later. I told him that I honestly didn’t know but that I was keen to give it a go because we won’t really know until we try, will we?
He has done a marvellous job so far … of holding me back. If it would have been up to me I would have jumped into big training sessions about a month ago. Looking through my training log just now, I realised that I did on average 150 km per week for the past ten weeks, with one week as high as 235 km and some weeks only 80-90 km. I thought I was ready in May and then I was told: “I need you to do the same low intensity thing for one more week.” and then another week, and another.
So I was very glad when I finally received the email with the subject: “It IS time to get started”. Test week for me this week and I am very excited and also a bit nervous.
