My plans to complete the Festive 500 (ride 500km between 23/12 and 31/12) went down in flames due to those inconsiderate germs that were making my wife poorly over Christmas, so I resorted to getting in time on the bike where I could, mostly turbo time in the garage in the evening whilst Helen was under a fleece blanket on the sofa watching series 1 of Grey's Anatomy. Two noteable exceptions were the rides I managed to get in while we were visiting the in-laws in North Devon, the terrain down there makes for some hard riding with a heady mix of bonkers gradients and poor road surfaces, all against a stunning back drop. I've included a shot of me with Croyde bay in the background, I had just climbed Challacombe Hill out of Woolacombe bay which hurt a bit (lots of 25% gradient) so I was more than happy to have the downhill blast to Croyde through Georgeham.
I'm starting to deliberately include more climbs in my training rides to get in condition for the challenges ahead. My endurance training phase is due to end this month which means that for the next 8 weeks after that will be my threshold block. Threshold training is primarily to improve climbing ability, so the intensity of training will increase but the volume will decrease so quality becomes more important than quantity.
My training is almost exclusievly on road due to the mild weather we've had this year, it appears to be confusing the flora and fauna but I'm taking advantage of it while I can after all this is still mid-winter.
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