surrey league 5 day jaunts

[Stu Merckx Man]

right so im in !

ive been training specifically for it for about a month now. doing long blocked training sessions from 3-4-5 days, and been doing a number of more intense rides (like going in hard groups for the handicaps), so ill be ok for the time trial.

the race starts next friday- so my plan is to ride this weekend hard-

today i did a 1.5 hour blast round box hill a couple of times, then tomorrow i nice hard training group ride, and sunday ill do a less intense 3 hours chug along.

ill rest all the other days, apart from thursday when i will go out for a very light 1.5 hours, perhpaps putting in a few 10 second sprint efforts.

sound allright to any experienced people?

stu


what are you going to be doing adam?

[Keith]

[quote="Stu Merckx Man"]tomorrow i nice hard training group ride

[-Adam-]

Very easy CR tomorow, Giles Ree Memorial on Sunday, rest Monday, Ride to work Tuesday then return via Palace giving a very good 60+ miles of training. Wednesday... probably rest. Thursday I shall try to do a very easy 90mins in the evening. Then race...

The past few days have been 3 hours this morning, steady. Race last night. 3 hours on Wednesday with a few hard climbs (Ewhurst recce). Tues, 90mins steadyish AM, then the evening 10 PM. Mon 45mins easy.

I feel good. Looking forward to the Jaunts but am realistic about my chances of a decent GC position. I shall be riding for stages, but if the GC becomes a factor to me then I will ride accordingly. Remember there are some very experienced guys in the Jaunts who are looking very very strong right now, Jerone Walters, Ben Wilson, Andy Davies etc...

[Snoop Doug]

[quote="-Adam-"]Remember there are some very experienced guys in the Jaunts who are looking very very string right now.....

[quote="Snoop Doug"][quote="-Adam-"]Remember there are some very experienced guys in the Jaunts who are looking very very string right now.....

[Marek]

Stu, it sounds good, make sure you are well rested when you arrive on the line, get some early nights in a couple of days before and make sure you eat heartily this week.

Good luck with the race, you seem to recover well so expect you will be ok.

Cheers

Marek....

[Toks]

Personally Stu I'd make the sunday ride just a steady non intensive two hours; also I'd ride on the wednesday, perhaps in the evening for a comfortable/steadish 60 mins and perhaps throw in a 10minute TT/race pace effort just to remind the body about what will becoming up 48 hours later. After 3 whole days off the bike (Monday, tuesday, and wednesday) I think I may loose a bit of sharpness without it. Apart from that it looks good