Snowmageddon blew in and blew apart all our great ride plans for last week. The hammer heads were scrambling to mount studded tires, find a clear road or succumb to the dreaded indoor trainer. I fall in the camp that would rather ride in freezing rain than set-up the indoor trainer, but I must confess, I did about 1.5hr of riding in my garage. I also had a ride on the studded tires! Overall, it was a pretty sad training week.
The good news is these periods of “forced rest” can actually have high yields. Many of us train and ride too frequently, too long and too hard in an effort to get stronger. We basically just end up “too tired” even though we may believe we are handling it just fine. It takes a flu or change in our schedule to pull us away from our routine to let some good rest soak in. Everyone has stories of how strong they felt a few weeks after recovering from a good flu! Forced rest can be good.
For me, the worst part of forced rest is dealing with the sudden decline in calorie expenditure. Suddenly I’m sedentary! If I’m sick, oh well… but if not, then I need to find something to do, something that doesn’t involve eating!
CTL= 73
Goal Sept 2012: 155lbs 4.5w/kg
Date....Weight...1hr Power......Power/Weight
1/23....162..........290w.........3.94w/kg
1/9.....163..........290w.........3.91w/kg
1/2.....164..........265w.........3.55w/kg
12/19...165..........265w.........3.53w/kg
12/5....166..........245w.........3.25w/kg
11/28...167..........225w.........2.96w/kg
11/14...169..........225w.........2.93w/kg
11/7....170..........225w.........2.91w/kg
