Recovery Day

The leg muscles are very much stressed the following morning after the TLI championship race. Just goes to show that the course may look benign but by the very fact that each lap and mile was increasingly demanding made it a true championship course.
It suited those with a string will to survive. With my age giving away a little too much I was never in any comfort zone for any part of the race. My race bidon was still half full.... my food still in my pocket... only a quarter of my gel bottle consumed. Testament to the fact that there was no time to relax at all and it was work and more work to keep on the ball and stay on the game.

 Organisation from AudlemCC the hosts was top notch and thanks for a clean (ish) and safe race.
Oh, by the way , me ending up in a hedge was simply a result of fatigue and rounding a corner a little too hot. 
No hard feelings whatsoever to unfortunate driver of the car who was faced with a bike racer with a look of terror! Quick incident management meant I actually didn't have to dismount and was lifted out of the hedge, puncture check made and once again off to join the pain game.

One point to note was the value of training software in managing the targets set by yourself.
The Performance Management chart shows an example of my tapering week in the lead up to the race

 

The freshness needed to survive and race can be a guessing game. The specific workouts suggested by Training Peaks takes the headache away.



(Next target is to actually finish a LVRC race in 2013 - 29th Sept)