image courtesey of velopyrenees.com
This has been arranged by some guys in my triathlon club and it's a chance I can't let pass me by.
As they arranged it at the beginning of the year I'm a bit late to the party, not only in getting au fait with the arrangements but more importantly with the training!
My bike hadn't seen a proper hill since my Edinburgh to home bike ride in August last year...
A quick look at Greg Lamond's Complete Book of Cycling and I've got a very rough training plan. This comprises basically cycling a lot and cycling hills a lot.
So the last week I've been out and started putting some miles in the bank and some load on the legs.
Of course none of this could get started before I bought some new cycling shades.
Always on a budget I decided a quick visit to Screwfix was my first port of call. Got the busy assistant to get out every pair of tinted safety glasses they had in stock and bought the two which fitted the best. A pair of Bolle ones at £9.99 which must be the coolest casual sport type shades I've ever owned and another pair of Site ones for £2.99.
Got home and felt I hadn't explored every possibility. The Bolle ones fitted like... Like a mask?... So onto the online Bolle catalogue I went.
RESULT! The Bolle Rush+ safety glasses leaped out of the page. Resistant to industrial solar radiation and the impact of a 6mm ball bearing fired out of a jet engine. £8.70 including postage on Amazon.
I ordered two pairs, a sunny dark lens pair and a twilight pair for evening rides.
How cool do they look??!!!??
Then I booked a bit fit at Velosport in Putney to get my riding position dialled in. The guy there did a 3 dimensional Retul fit and moved my saddle forward 4cm and up 6mm. This should engage my quads more effectively and eliminate a slight bit of knee soreness I've been getting.
At the same time I've made the step up to change my old mountain bike shoes and pedals to road shoes and Time RXS pedals and cleats.
Bike feels much better now in many ways.
Training recently:
Thursday 7th 1 hour hill repeats https://www.strava.com/activities/300061648
Saturday 9th 1 hour tempo intervals https://www.strava.com/activities/301267813
Sunday 10th 100km 932m of hills https://www.strava.com/activities/301727595
Tuesday 12th 2 hour ride https://www.strava.com/activities/303290296
Wednesday 60km to bike fit and back then a quick ride out.
Training for the Pyrenees has begun!
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