Karsh

Week 1 Complete (265km)

Wednesday 8th Jul While week one of training started poorly with a broken chain. I was able to get in 190km on the indoor trainer and 70km of on road riding.

Monday sarted with a broken chain on my new recumbent trike. So I rode my single speed bike to the bike shop to book it in for a chain resizing.

I rode my longest indoor ride of 100km on Rouvy focusing on zone 2 power and then after a days break completed another 90km on Rouvy focusing on zone 2 heart rate.

On the weekend after the recumbent trike was repaired. Which was 2x broken chains and a new cassette. I was able to take it for its first ride/drive. I thought my normal casual 50km route would be a suitable bench mark. I don't know if it was the 200km already in my legs, or the trikes super slow tyres. But I had to call off the ride at 40km and catch the train back. The trike was fun and I was able to chat with people who wanted to know about it. But the tyres are slow and I was felt like I was pushing high watts for low speed (no power meter on it yet).

First Training Day = 100km (Virtually)

Wednesday 1st Jul Day one of training was to push myself on the indoor (Rouvy) trainer with a 100km ride. I feel like I need to mix up 90-100km rides with mountain pass attempts over winter. My aim is to raise my 20 minute power output by around 20% to give me a chance to take on the elevation of this course.