John Keyes

An uneventful hour spin today. Grey skies and blustery winds weren’t exactly good conditions, but it wasn’t too bad at all.

My legs were feeling the affects of yesterday’s late night turbo session, but they grew into it as the spin progressed. They’ve earned their rest tomorrow.

Started listening to the Human Invent Cycling Podcast today. Not bad at all. My listening discipline for podcasts is poor, but I’ll see if I can keep abreast of this one for a while.

wet fish slap

I’ve been undisciplined in my progress posting but that was due to circumstances that I wouldn’t bore anybody with. Trust me, it’s really boring.

Week 4 was an easy week to let the legs absorb the work from the previous weeks. I stuck very loosely to the plan, as I only had time to fit in turbo sessions. I wedged them into my schedule when I could.

Tomorrow is the start of week five. I remember at the start of this process I was wondering if I’d stick to the entire ten weeks of effort. I’ll probably regret this in a couple of weeks but right now I’m looking forward to the next six to see where it takes me.

My legs are getting stronger, and the muscles are slowly regaining the definition I had in them prior to my injury at the end of last year. I am still carrying seven or eight kilos of extra weight and I’m hoping the increase in intensity over the next few weeks will help me shed that.

I haven’t made any conscious effort to shed the weight yet this year. My diet hasn’t changed too much though, and that is partly why I am surprised it hasn’t been reduced too much just yet, considering I had almost three months of inactivity (my own fault I know).

I coordinated my wee session today with the last twenty kilometers of Gent-Wevelgem. It was great to see another fine effort from Sam Bennett who finished in 15th.

Another turbo session down. It was hard not to hit the road today but I’m scheduled for an hour out there tomorrow. I was in the car for some of the day and passed a four soloists en-route. That made my yearning worse.

Tonight was decent, legs felt good. It was warm though (20-21°C) which made for even more drippiness than normal. The time may be approaching to invest in a fan.

I’d like to think the magnificent Irish victory in Paris had something to do with my energy tonight. What marvellous men they are.

After a nice rest yesterday I was eager to jump aboard again tonight.

A brief warm-up (powered by Chuck), a thirty minute blast (powered by TheSufferfest), and a high cadence warm-down.

Nowt much else to report, another rest day tomorrow.

Fantastic weather for a spin today. Fresh, sharp, sunny, and a gentle breeze.

I overcooked the session by thirty minutes, which was due to my poor choice of course. I should have stuck to the route I’d planned before leaving the house, but for reasons unknown to me I changed route pretty early.

I can definitely feel the affects of the training in my legs now. There’s some strength hidden in there, and my tempo riding feels faster.

An added bonus today is that my bike cleaning session tomorrow should be relatively painless as the roads were bone dry.

Two weeks down, only eight more to go.