My Week in Training – Week 29

Date	Kms	Time	Type	Avg Speed (KPH)	Links
Mon, 18th Jul 2011	40	1:32:55	Road	25.6	Strava – Garmin
Tue, 19th Jul 2011	84	2:42:46	Road	30.9	Strava – Garmin
Fri, 22nd Jul 2011	92	3:18:11	Road	27.8	Strava – Garmin
Sun, 24th Jul 2011	33	1:55:12	Road	27.6	Strava – Garmin

View from Burling Gap

The weather forecast is awful for this week. Today, the westerly winds are really strong and blustery. It also looked like rain. I decided to take the Trek out today and go around Beachy Head, taking the camera with me, as the photo opportunity would be quite good at Burling Gap and Beachy Head.

My progress so far – 18th June 2011

Firstly, here are the numbers:

• 2 weeks to go to the start of the 2011 Tour de France.
• 10 weeks to go to my Tour de France or Bust trip.
• 2873 miles cycled so far this year.
• All 21 stages mapped for GPS (available for download).
• Accommodation booked and confirmed for the first 11 days of the trip.
• £88.00 collected for Help for Heroes (My target is £1000)

My Week in Training – Week 17

Date	Miles	Time	Type	Avg Speed (MPH)	Links
Tue, 26th Apr 2011	25	1:22:10	Road	17.9	Strava – Garmin
Fri, 29th Apr 2011	57	3:23:41	Road	16.9	Strava – Garmin
Sun, 1st May 2011	57	3:09:01	Road	18.2	Strava – Garmin

There was no riding for me on Easter Monday. This was due to family commitments and recovering from the efforts of the previous day’s Tour of the Weald.

My Week in Training – Week 15

Date	Miles	Time	Type	Avg Speed (MPH)	Links
Mon, 11th Apr 2011	25	1:16:17	Road	19.8	Strava – Garmin
Thu, 14th Apr 2011	21	1:11:14	Road	17.6	Garmin
Fri, 15th Apr 2011	25	1:30:13	Road	17.0	Strava – Garmin
Sat, 16th Apr 2011	25	1:20:53	Road	18.2	Strava – Garmin
Sun, 17th Apr 2011	84	4:26:29	Road	19.1	Strava – Garmin

On Monday, I really pushed it on the way home from Brighton which, with the blustery Westerly wind, helped me get a Personal Best on both the Exceat and the East Dean Road climbs on Strava.

My Week in Training – Week 13

Date	Miles	Time	Type	Avg Speed (MPH)	Links
Fri, 1st Apr 2011	32	2:08:39	Road	15.3	Strava – Garmin
Sat, 2nd Apr 2011	20	1:09:34	Road	18	Garmin
Sun, 3rd Apr 2011	85	4:55:07	Road	17.4	Strava – Garmin

Working 10hrs a day with a 2hr commute each way doesn’t leave much time for training. My day off this week was friday, which coincided nicely with the start of the #30daysofbiking.

My Week in Training – Week 9

Date	Miles	Time	Type	Avg Speed (MPH)	Link
Wed, 2nd Mar 2011	34	2:13:16	Road	15.5	Garmin
Sat, 5th Mar 2011	32	2:07:12	Road	15.0	Garmin
Sun,6th Mar 2011	31	1:42:07	Road	17.4	Garmin

I normally ride up Beachy Head as a single large loop of 25 miles but after a conversation with Josh Cunningham where he mentioned a loop of Beachy Head, which he does as interval training, I decided to give it a try.

My progress so far – 5th Mar 2011

I’m in my 9th week of training since my hernia operation. I’m much fitter than I was before, due to the fact that I’ve been doing much longer rides. I used to just do mainly 25 mile rides but adding loads of 52+ miles has really improved my base fitness and hill climbing. I’m still doing low-ish intensity training at the moment but I will throw in some higher intensity rides this month.