Week 7 - The Training / Socialising Dance

I ride for a few reasons.

Fresh air
Me time
Socialising
Being able to eat as much cake as I like
The journey
Going really really really fast
Seeing things people don't usually see

I train for 1 reason

To ride as fast as I can on one day of the year

Sometimes it's difficult to keep these things in perspective, especially when The Plan says one thing and your friends want another.

This week was a Sprinty week of rides, culminating in a big hill rep and Race Pace session. With friends returned from sunnier climes we met up for a couple of night rides as usual.

Tuesday I sprinted up to Burntstump for wooded singletrack heaven, trying out my new slinky Lidl compression socks - awesome at stopping you getting nettle stings :-)



Thursday night started wet and got drier. Lovely sunset and sprinted up every hill. Another Dogwalker visit.

Friday, and hill reps were hard! 5 reps to do today then 30 mins at race pace. The hill reps were dispatched then the only way to get up to race pace was to chase a stupid motorist down the road for cutting me up - worked a treat!

Overall feeling really strong and fast.

This training could be addictive