After last weeks surprising podium finish at the TTT, this week it was back to a “normal” life; low training volume while I focused on being rested. It’s a weird sensation to be going full tilt for 10 hours then not letting the heart rate climb out of zone 1.
Finishing a race can leave you on a high, especially when you have a break through performance or set a new personal best. The week following can you leave feeling full of energy which is not what you want if you have to rest!
Thats why it’s important to have designated races such as A, B and C. A – being the most important and C – being a training race. Use B and C races to find out where your weaknesses are, then seek to improve upon them in training. Doing this will allow you to keep your focus and not get you down if a lower priority race doesn’t go your way.
Most of us would love to win every event we enter. Honestly, that doesn’t happen. I do see people wanting to build towards an A race and win many smaller races along the way then peeter out in their goal race. Looking into the situation they were going way too hard (their B and C races were all raced as As). If this happens to you one piece of advice is to leave a large gap between your last B race and your A race. This way, you can really focus on the final goal.
Another suggestion is to spread out your season. Use races to test fitness instead of going for glory. If both coencide then chances are you will have a good day. I find this solution takes the pressure off of winning.
So what was my goal for the TTT? Survive! Check!
Thanks for reading.
C
