Spring is here, it’s official! I haven’t had to wear my winter boots now for a week and I’ve ridden in shorts and summer gloves at least four times now.
Following my week off, I now have a full training plan from Adrian Timmis of Cadence Sport. Stafford Sports Borough has kindly funded him to coach me from now until August. After the solid base put down this winter it is time for quality sessions specifically working on speed. Lots of interval training; riding to specific heart rate zones and a plan focused on tapering effort towards the most important races of the season.
The clock changing also signals the move out of the gym and off of the roads for orienteering club training evenings, so I’m looking forward to balmy May evenings running on the Chase on a Thursday night.