Sportstest#3 (for me)

It was testing time as Dr Palmer was in to provide Gavin with his second Sportstest, I'll leave the details of Gav's test for him to blog upon. I was making up the numbers today but it did prove useful For me to be tested. My results show that I'm down 10W on my peak power, my weight is up slightly, my aerobic efficiency at threshold has significantly degraded and my aerobic threshold heart rate has dropped. Doesn't sound good does it? Fortunately all it means is that I'm on verge of fatigue from the volume and intensity of my training, the results did show that the weight increase is all lean muscle mass which theoretically means I would have produced more power if tested fresh but more importantly it has helped to avoid severe fatigue that would have potentially derailled my Maratona preparations and also my race this weekend. I want to be able to give a good showing on Sunday in the Banbury Star Road Race, Nick and I entered this race back in November and we had been training on Edge Hill in preparation for this race. I now need to carefully train and rest to ensure that I can perform at my best when it counts and today's test provided the warning I needed.