Sunday, November 22, 2009

Whats going on?

November has been a quite month really. A few mtb spins - not many, and cycling into work a couple of times a week. The off road spins have be just for fun which is nice. And this was the first weekend where I did not get on any bike at all.

However, I am starting to plan a few things for next year. I'm figuring out a training schedule for a start. I did one of these last year too, and didn't follow it at all, but I think it helps you get thinking about the types of training sessions you need to do and how much time it'll all take up. So I'm going to include the spins into work as training, and maybe once a week have an extended spin home. I'll also be going to be Pure Class fitness for the spinning classes and also the circuit training. There will be one or 2 anaerobic sessions and a long (4 hour) weekend spin which will be on road or off road. Thats roughly the plan, but the devil is in the details so I'll need to be putting dates and times to all this stuff. I also pulled out the turbo trainer today. I found it pretty useful during the really bad days and evenings when I should have been out.

The plan is to start training proper in December, but to kick it off at an easy pace - it'll be almost 4 months to the first race so plenty of time to get into shape.

I'm also working on the bike for next year. I've already got XTR brakes (the best brakes bar NONE!) and a Magura Durin fork. It'll be my first time using Magura and I'm a little nervous about that as I do love my Fox forks, but I hear super things about the Durin's so looking forward to attaching them to a bike!

Finally I've been figuring out the races for next year. On top of all the Irish NPS's, K-cap (if its on), XC and marathon national champs, I'll also be heading to the UK for Sleepless in the Saddle and the Bontrager 24/12. Myself and Oisin will be racing as a team and I'm really looking forward to those races. What's also on the cards is the ROC in October. I'm interested in the marathon race and the ROC itself, so need to get my ass in gear and sign up.

5 comments:

Conor said...

What are you racing? 12 or 24 hr for Bontrager? I assume pairs for Sleepless, so you'll be racing Paddy and me!

Unknown said...

Going for the 12 hour - so a measly 6 hours racing each :)

Unknown said...

Don't worry the Magura Durin is a great fork, well once they sorted out the issue of them snapping in half. They are really stiff and light. Top choice

There will be a big crowd of us at Bontrager. I hope you know that the real racers will be doing 12hr solo ;)

Unknown said...

Yeah, I know - I was half thinking of doing the 24 hour between us, but fancy quite a bit of post race boozing :)

Conor said...

We're already planning on a BBQ and beer kicking off at 1am. We can then spend the next 11hrs laughing at the 24hr soloists!