lake district diary

After Friday's training, I had cold symptoms, so 12h sleep and a rest day. A drive up to the Lake District. 4 days in England's jewel in the crown.

Saturday: rest day

Turbo trainer plus road on Sunday.

Still don't feel great but my brother in law has been looking forward to this ride. Minus temperatures, blue skies and some of the UK's best roads.

Rolling roads, the heart rate never settles down (cold symptoms?), on this tiny old bike I feel like I'm wrestling it up the hills, big chain rings, short cranks, 8 small gears on the back...

A beautiful ride though, no wonder the Yorkshire stages of the tour were so successful, unfortunately cut short by a mechanical...

Sunday's training:

Endurance:

1. turbo trainer (1h 20)
2. Road (52 km, 600 m climbing)

Again I don't feel good after Sunday's ride, another 12h sleep, another rest day on Monday.

Monday: rest day

Another ride on the beautiful lake district roads on Tuesday.

Punchy climbs, fast descents, a real roller coaster ride.

It's difficult to do focused training, 2h of fun, more focused training tomorrow.

Tuesday's training:

Endurance: Road (50 km, 600 m climbing)

Back in the garage this morning. After a few days away, I'm really up for it. Back to basics. 430 to 730. 3 hours. Zones 1 and 2.

Feels good to have focus back.

Wednesday's training:

Endurance: turbo trainer (3h)

Strength: Lunges x 700