Tales of Week 7
In training I’ve been way more specific in the way I’ve approached week 7. Alas the reason is that I haven't been hitting my targets..
So I’ve tried to drop the overall meters of elevation and increase the time on the bike doing the repetitions of the hills. It’s worked to an extent with a 470m, 334m, 216m and 404m so not hitting the 2 x 500m, however I’ve topped the ‘PBs’ twice in one week with a 3 second shave off in total! I am therefore very happy !!
Looking forward to next week (8), I’m going to get even more specific and do 3 bouts x 400m of elevation as well as hitting all the targets with total elevation 1250m, 12 hours on the bike and 130kms. I reckon they are reachable goals…!!??? I can hear your doubts…...
I also was in Paramount Gym 3 times last week focusing on the core/calves and upper body, it all adds up I’ll tell you that!
This week it’ll be pretty similar with the focus on exactly the same areas of this body.
In other news I did a podcast which was a lot of fun. I was talking with a fellow stroke survivor. Check Bill out on insta @recoveryafterstroke and stay tuned for the actual podcast which will be up very soon!
I also did a talk out at Glen Waverley to a group from The Syndal Baptist Church. It went really well and they were very supportive of both what I’m doing and the journey I’m undertaking. Quite concerned for my safety.
Apart from that, it’s been a quiet week which I do not mind!!
Looking ahead, this week will be very much the same but I am not complaining! Though the weather isn’t looking as good, oh well nothing like riding in the rain.
Week Seven
Training:
It’s been a tough week, my hips are still quite sore from the 508m of elevation one-hit go (3hr) on Wednesday… that kind of laid me out for the rest of the week. Also I’ve been concentrating on my core in the gym, I did three sessions last week. I’ve had to take positives out of it even though I fell well below the bench-mark.. (a flatty didn’t help on Friday).
I HAVE to keep moving forwards! So I will restructure again and be a bit more specific about it. 2 x 500m of elevation in one go this week as well as 2-3 sessions in the gym concentrating with core and lower back
So what's been happening in the past week?
I have two or three things in the works. Top-secret so I can't give too much away, all I can say is, it's a story, a podcast and a fundraiser…
I can say that I had a coffee with Paula and Stephen from the Stroke Association and they were very supportive. They’d love to help raise awareness with me. They will do this by getting the story out there through social media!
And finally we had a fantastic ‘lecture’ from Damian at Flemington Cycles. He gave us great advice, instructions as to how and what we need to service the trike and bikes. He had a lot of general knowledge, info and useful tips. We are very grateful to him for giving up his Sunday to help us. So please support his business if you can.