You may have seen it on Thursday but I did a threshold effort up the Alpe ~4.86 w/kg, finishing in 41:38 IIRC. HR was lower than expected so it's possible I can squeeze out a touch more. I'm in no rush to find out though!
BTW I was 67 kg 3 months ago and I'm currently 61.4 kg, and that has made a massive difference.
You will be fine mate. You are not much heavier than me and put out more power. And you can sustain it. Though you won’t be able to ride the draft like you did last week
I have ridden mountains back to back on 3-4 trips now. Personally I will be using the local sauna and steam room every day to recover. Seems to work for me.
Concerted effort to lose weight using MFP. I track and log ALL food intake. I was quite competitive at 67 kg in Cat A but would get shelled up Box Hill with a fast group. Thought 2 kg might make a difference but I just ploughed on. My BMI is down to 20 so will stop at 61kg and try and maintain somewhere close. I still cycle roughly the same ~ 14-18 hrs per week but have introduced more Z2 and less Z1 coupled with doubling up races.
Sauna sounds good. Although we better warn berty they’re not like the ones in soho
I’m not worried about the Pyrenees at all really. I’ve just ordeed a 11-32 cassette and I’ve been up steeper hills on less. I’m just trying to talk myself into enjoying the ride rather than trying to kill myself up the hills. It’s easier said than done... I just thought maybe stopping at some point would kill any chance of getting a ‘good’ time. As well as getting some nice photos. So it might change my mindset a little. Time will tell...
. Honestly at this point, a few weeks out. We are where we are. If I felt like a wanted to build power or fitness I’d prob doing something structured. But right now I think for me at least it’s just about conditioning. Being out on the bike works your body like the turbo doesn’t. The rest is just how hard you want to push!
Meh.... hill repeats get me out on my bike and well , going up hills
But to each their own. Bit of off the bike core and flexibility training for me. Doesn’t come easy And 3-5 kilos would make a huge difference
Didn’t have you down as a pusher Tommy
It will be frigging awesome however we each go about prep. Now, if I hadn’t eaten tonight’s thai Curry, drunk 2 cobra’s and then eaten a snickers I might be taking a leaf out of Dave’s book and be losing weight
Didn’t know it was time to get excuses in already !! Bit early
Don’t forget if it’s sunny we should push on before getting sunburnt !
I am pretty sure I can goad tommy into one “ let’s just try it once “ bobs gonna be harder work if he’s twiddling a parasol
Big words from someone who’s never tried it eh!
Getting real now ain’t it !
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