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Planning for the New Season

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  • TheBigYin
    TheBigYin Posts: 5,686 Member
    And in keeping with the "keep those Targets Updated" ethos..

    I'd like to just mention that I've slightly exceeded my February Target of 350Km... Actually today's ride took me to 441km and some small change, so I'm now thinking that possibly I've been a LITTLE pessimistic in my targets :laugh:
  • StuAblett
    StuAblett Posts: 1,141 Member
    And in keeping with the "keep those Targets Updated" ethos..

    I'd like to just mention that I've slightly exceeded my February Target of 350Km... Actually today's ride took me to 441km and some small change, so I'm now thinking that possibly I've been a LITTLE pessimistic in my targets :laugh:

    That is great Yin!

    My total for the year is just 444 Km, which I'm happy with, ahead of last year. Most of that is towing the trailer full of beer.

    Cheers!
  • TheBigYin
    TheBigYin Posts: 5,686 Member
    Riding's going great Stu, I've settled into the longer duration rides mentally quite well - I'm now thinking of the 25 mile ride as a standard, and anything shorter than that and I feel a little "short changed".

    It is however having a bit of a strange effect on my weight - rode 130 hard (for me, at least) miles last week, kept to the MFP prescribed "ration", and I've managed to gain 1lb...

    This morning I had my regular visit to the Dr. / Nutritionists and I've been informed by them that "...you're working harder, the muscles in my body are holding/storing more energy in the form of Glycogen than they have been" - it's part of the process of my fitness and power improving. Slight problem with this, in terms of weight loss is that (if I remember correctly what they said) for every molecule of Glycogen stored, the body holds 2 molecules of water. Hence, I'm holding water like a sponge until I start riding and 30 minutes into the ride I need to Pee....

    My last ramp test last week showed that my FTP (functional threshold power) was up by something like 18% from 2 months ago, so I've no worries on the "starvation mode - loosing muscle not fat" front, and in the Dr.'s own words "Don't worry about it, keep on like you are, and in a couple of weeks, it'll stabilise, and the weight will start coming off, just take the batteries out of the scales and put them away until March!"
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