Training Log Archive: robw

Tour de Ridges, 21.4km, 87.04

Felt very ordinary at the start, this seems to be a theme for this race which I out down to the v early start. After the first few kms it looked like it was going to be a battle between Tom brazier and myself. Tom was going strongly esp on the fire trail downhills where I couldn't hold him. Unusually I was the stronger on the hills and for the next hour or so it was a bit of cat and mouse with me catching and passing tom on the big hills only for him to come past on the downs which I certainly wasn't holding back on.
On the last climb up isaacs we were both nearly taken out by DaveO whose foot stuck in the pedal and made him crash right in front of us. After this I got a little lead on the big hill but tom was back past me on the downhill and had 50m by the time we went through the last drink station.
Coming out of this I was starting to feel better and got the feeling tom didn't have a lot left so wound it up and went past him as confidently as I could. After this it was just a matter of pinning my ears back and going for home. This last 5k was the best I felt all race and could have happily kept going which is a good sign.

About the same time as last year although maybe a slightly longer course.

C • ordinary 2

Jog to work

Run home with 25min tempo

Run home with two sets of 10x1min hard 30sec easy. First set up aranda hill, second up painter feeling good which was good for a change lately.

Solid late evening run up painter and around the back of Macquarie. Felt good and got going faster and faster towards the end.

Token jog to work, planned to run home but stayed too late so just rode home.