Tour of the Weald 2012 by triathletejon at Garmin Connect - Details

Good training ride at the Tour of the Weald this morning. Not quite the conditions I have been enjoying out at Club La Santa recently though! This morning's weather conditions were damp and cold but this did not stop a good turn out of over 200 for the 100k loop with 6 major climbs. Thanks to Velocity Events for another well organised event, for more info on their upcoming events in 2012 visit http://www.velocity-events.co.uk/



Tour of the Weald 2012 by triathletejon at Garmin Connect - Details

Kentish Killer 70 mile RR

This is a local sportive starting and finishing at Brands Hatch in Kent.

 The sportive gets its name from being an extremely tough 70 mile route through the hill's of Kent and Sussex.
I had agreed to keep my friend company on part of the route as i had a 4 hour endurance ride to complete myself.
Late last night i got a phone call saying he wouldn't be starting the ride and offered me his ticket,i agreed and made my way up to the start line for my 09-05 start.

I had strict instruction's from my coach to keep to my set power value's and did so the whole ride.
I had guessed in my head that 70 miles would take me roughly 4-15.

The route was a lot harder than i would have guessed but sticking to my power paid off and i learnt alot about  my own ability to ride under controlled power.

My ride time was 4-10 which got me 5th place overall a great season starter.

Week 3 (recovery before the build to Lanzarote)

Week 1 of full time training

Week 1 of the 5 week block up to Lanzarote

My first week's training as a full time non professional athlete has been a really productive 7 days,and has been amazing at how much the body is capable of with proper rest and recovery sessions.

Over this past week iv covered :

3-45hr in the pool doing speed,endurance and drill sets.

0-35hr on the treadmill getting my shins back up to full strenght.

9-45hr cycling covering over 148 miles.

Thanks to Ben Ward for my training plan and his coaching.



Second bike fit booked @ Freespeed

Jon Bond @ Freespeed

Exciting news today Jon Bond has booked in for his second fit @ the North London cycle fit studio Freespeed.

Jon Bond and Rich Mellik hope to get my new bike fitted and ready for Lanzarote in 5 weeks time.