WattsUp
Maximum Pace
- Dec 9, 2017
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So this was my first year back in cycling after a rather long hiatus.
This year of training was less about race results, and more about getting back to being able to actually...you know, start training.
First order of business was to lose weight - I went from 110kg in November 2017, to 83.9kg as of race day on Sunday.
FTP as a proxy for fitness has gone from about 150 to 255 based on my recent FTP test.
Resting heart rate has gone from 75 to 39-41.
So for this year - mostly mission accomplished.
I have two more events this year - my first-ever marathon in late November, and then the Boso Grand Prix in mid-December.
Not really a serious event; doing it for fun more than anything, a three-man TT with my brother-in-law and a friend.
Plan now is to train hard up to the week of the marathon (taper week), maintain some fitness up to the Boso event, then a few weeks off at the end of the year.
Which is always a busy time with the holidays, bo-nenkai and such anyway....
(speaking of - are we doing a TCC bo-nenkai? I can arrange for something in the Tokyo area...)
So I'm now planning my 2019 year starting from January.
My plan is to focus on joining more events, so I'm trying to find a few races I can target as 'A' races.
Also want to have a few 'process goals' (probably FTP based, although I'm toying with a few other ideas).
Thought I'd start a thread about it in case anyone else is brainstorming their plan for next year.
The TrainerRoad guys went over annual training plans in a recent episode, that was pretty thorough.
This year of training was less about race results, and more about getting back to being able to actually...you know, start training.
First order of business was to lose weight - I went from 110kg in November 2017, to 83.9kg as of race day on Sunday.
FTP as a proxy for fitness has gone from about 150 to 255 based on my recent FTP test.
Resting heart rate has gone from 75 to 39-41.
So for this year - mostly mission accomplished.
I have two more events this year - my first-ever marathon in late November, and then the Boso Grand Prix in mid-December.
Not really a serious event; doing it for fun more than anything, a three-man TT with my brother-in-law and a friend.
Plan now is to train hard up to the week of the marathon (taper week), maintain some fitness up to the Boso event, then a few weeks off at the end of the year.
Which is always a busy time with the holidays, bo-nenkai and such anyway....
(speaking of - are we doing a TCC bo-nenkai? I can arrange for something in the Tokyo area...)
So I'm now planning my 2019 year starting from January.
My plan is to focus on joining more events, so I'm trying to find a few races I can target as 'A' races.
Also want to have a few 'process goals' (probably FTP based, although I'm toying with a few other ideas).
Thought I'd start a thread about it in case anyone else is brainstorming their plan for next year.
The TrainerRoad guys went over annual training plans in a recent episode, that was pretty thorough.