Well, this week has been a busy one, last week I went and did some aero testing for the first time, a mixture between the velodrome and local roads. All looks promising, and after riding a couple of club events, it looks as tho any advantage I found in testing has almost completely translated to the road. With another week of training under my belt, power seems to be going up nicely for a good end of season campaign. And with 20:12 and 20:04 I'm hoping I may actually get the 19 on the club course Ive always wanted. yippee!!

Today, the merthyr cc had a club 25 on the r25/3, as there are not many opens on there this year I wasn't going to miss the opportunity to ride, as it turns out, it was a good idea as the conditions wern't too bad ,even if the wind was in the wrong direction, which made for a very even and heavy feeling night, I managed 48-50 at 385w which matches my 25 power from last, but a pb time. second on the day was stu dodd with 49-20, 18 seconds of his personal. felt quite lucky as we all had a dry ride, then the heavens opens straight after. now for some food!

Well, here is today 10 mile effort, new power pb today of 416w, it was also the hardest as well, not often I feel physically sick after an effort! glad I hadnt eaten before hand, still dont feel like I have any zip in my legs, time to start some more focused training to finish the season on a high note.

hello

You will have to forgive me if this isn't any good as its my first ever blog.

Bit of back ground on cycling so far, after a lay off from racing properly for about 7 years, I have decided to have a proper effort to see how far I can go, after 2 events last season, I intended training for a full winter ready for this year, but after ending up on an operating table last Christmas training didn't start til Feb this year.

So, this years aims where to complete a full season of racing, achieve a cp60 of 380w+, a cp20 of 400w+, maintain a weight of 90kg for the season, ( to make it easier to reach the racing weight of 77-80 kg for next year), and try and get some Pb's if the opportunity arises.

Up to this point, I have raced since March, a cp60 of 392w, a cp20 of 410w and hovered around 91kg all year. Best times this year are 49:50 for a 25, and 19:40 for a 10.

So, overall I'm reasonably happy as I have been ill quite alot ( the joys of kids in school!!), and hav'nt done any focused interval work other than club 10's.

Hopefully your still awake and now up to speed with progress this far, watch this space for updates,

till next time,

ceri

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