30th May 2009

Specialisation - Week 18 - Block 5

07:00am - Wakeup

• 6 Hours sleep
• Sleep quality 6
• Heart Rate 63 / ?
• Mood 7
• No weight measured

Feeling tired, hungover and dehydrated this morning after a few drinks with the Mitre in the Farm last night. Headed out early after a light breakfast to slowly get things going before starting on the training ride.

9:30am - Brighton Mitre Training Circuits - Lewes Crits Route - 2 Laps (14 Miles)

Rode the first lap of the circuit with Viv steady to try and find the rest of the Mitre riders. Still no sign after one lap so did a fast lap 2-up. Touching on 30mph average on the long straight to the roundabout. Its a fast course!

10:00am - Brighton Mitre Training Ride - 42 Miles

Rode out the Lewes Crits course as a group of 20 or so, but got split up on the Ditchling Beacon descent. Rode out the circuit with Viv quite hard, then did a couple of laps. Picked up Martin on the last lap and rode back to Brighton via Newhaven very hard all the way. Easy pedal back on the undercliff after some maximum efforts on the coast road climbs. Got home shattered, went to bed for an hour.

23rd May 2009

Specialisation - Week 17 - Block 5

07:00am - Wakeup

• 6 Hours Sleep
• Sleep quailty 8
• No heart rates measured
• Mood 7
• No weight measured

Had 6 pints last night, not the best idea before a likely beating on the Saturday training ride circuits. Rode over to Mick's for coffee before heading out to Aldbourne.

08:45am - Brighton Mitre Training Circuits (Aldbourne) - 4 Laps - 24 Miles - 1 Hour

Myself, Mick, Viv, Keenan and Nigel started off in the first group with a 6 minute handicap over Martin, Charlie, Andy, Morgan and Stuart. Riding through-and-off for 4 laps, we lost one on lap 3 and another for one lap to a puncture. Kept a good momentum and held the second group to a 4 minute gap by the end. Felt comfortable for the whole ride, just below threshold. Won the sprint for the Aldbourne sign by a bike length at the end of lap 4.

09:45am - Brighton Mitre Training Ride - 38 Miles

Rode back to Brighton via Partridge Green with 5 minute rotations on the front in pairs. Felt good, even with little breakfast and the few drinks last night. All hell let loose on the Coombes road with a few of us off playing silly buggers on the climbs and sprinting to the A27. The strongest I've felt so far today. Finished up with coffees out side the Real Eating Company in the sun.