Week 6

Target 9:58
Achieved 10.09

And another one bites the dust. This is now getting serious and if you are not into some heavy training you surely will have quite a tough time lying ahead.

I could not do a long ride this weekend as I was driving down to Knysna on Saturday. This meant lots of consistent work in the week. I managed to get through 9 hours at home and finished with an awesome 1:15 ride in Knysna on Sunday.

I forgot to bring my connecting cable along to download the pictures and will do it as soon as I get home.

This week then started on Tuesday with 2.5 hours followed on Wednesday with 2.5 hours as well. I did 2 hours on both Thursday and Friday and this left me on 9 hours. I did all of this training on my home trainer.

The feeding is now fine tuned as I am into a serious rhythm and my body knows exactly when to demand what. That may seem a little boring but the last thing I need is to wonder if I had enough to eat at the end of a stage.

My heart rate is down to an awesome 43 BUT I believe it has something to do with the coast.

As mentioned before I am going to use this week as a taper for the ATTEKWAS on Saturday. My heard skipped a couple of beats when we drove through the mountains and I saw what was waiting for “Team Old MTB Toppies”.

My next update will have some great pics and hopefully a good result.

Week 6 in conclusion:
We said goodbye to Meryl and it was once again very apparent that one should live life today and not wait until we retire. The training and feeding went well. My heart rate is back to normal and I am tapering for the ATTEKWAS.

Ride long and wear those Helmets.