In the past I have blogged about the importance of balancing the wheel. Recently I have been working on my personnel development (one of the seven parts of balancing the wheel) and only recently, I have mentioned, living life with an abundance.
I am beginning to realise that in order to produce special results in one of the seven areas (of the wheel) it is necessary to be producing special results in the other six areas, as well.
I am currently reading 'Tour de force', a book written by a man who followed Lance Armstrong and his cycling friends/competitors. The author is quite amazed at Lance Armstrong's character and that, he is, a very special person. It would seem that he exels in balancing the wheel!
It seems, now, a long time ago since Ashley Scott from Mindracing told me that this was important and it is only now that I am beginning to understand HOW it is important.
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Saturday, June 09, 2007
I have spent today, Saturday, practicing at my track and have had a great time. The track had been prepared well, as usual and watered really well making great berms. The weather has been awesome, really hot.
I love riding when it is hot because I get to feel a cool breeze blowing through my Thor jersey. Fantastic.
Plenty of riders turned out to practice and I had a lot of fun in each of my three motos. The first ride was supposed to be a warm up and after a handful of laps I was beginning to push my speed a little and felt good. The second moto I had fun chasing down some of the faster riders in our group, however, I had the most fun in the last moto. Whilst I started off wanting to keep my heart rate around 165/168, I noticed a rider close behind me. I upped my pace and was still being closely followed and this lasted for the full 20 minutes, it was great having someone on my back wheel for the whole moto.
Looking at the information on my heart rate (HR) monitor, I can see that for the last couple of laps when I made an extra effort, my HR went up to 188 and stayed there, for roughly five minutes. This is two beats higher than my maximum HR.
I am pleased with this because in the last ten weeks I have only ridden 5 times and shows that my training in the swimming pool has been working well.
When I got home from riding the weather was still really good so I went out for a cycle ride for an hour and ten minutes with an average HR of 128. This will act as a good recovery ride and remove any lactic acid which might have made me feel stiff and achy tomorrow morning.
I love riding when it is hot because I get to feel a cool breeze blowing through my Thor jersey. Fantastic.
Plenty of riders turned out to practice and I had a lot of fun in each of my three motos. The first ride was supposed to be a warm up and after a handful of laps I was beginning to push my speed a little and felt good. The second moto I had fun chasing down some of the faster riders in our group, however, I had the most fun in the last moto. Whilst I started off wanting to keep my heart rate around 165/168, I noticed a rider close behind me. I upped my pace and was still being closely followed and this lasted for the full 20 minutes, it was great having someone on my back wheel for the whole moto.
Looking at the information on my heart rate (HR) monitor, I can see that for the last couple of laps when I made an extra effort, my HR went up to 188 and stayed there, for roughly five minutes. This is two beats higher than my maximum HR.
I am pleased with this because in the last ten weeks I have only ridden 5 times and shows that my training in the swimming pool has been working well.
When I got home from riding the weather was still really good so I went out for a cycle ride for an hour and ten minutes with an average HR of 128. This will act as a good recovery ride and remove any lactic acid which might have made me feel stiff and achy tomorrow morning.
Friday, June 08, 2007
Important races at DMP
After qualifying at the British championship last weekend, I decided that I was unsafe for racing.
My wrist feels just too weak, to hold on properly.
I am going to see a specialist at the end of the month.
In the mean time, the track has been busy and we have been making preparations for two big races we have coming up, on the 16th/17th and the 23rd/24th, we will be closing the track on the Wednesday in between these two races which will be noticeable as it has been along time since we have closed the track whilst the weather is great ( the last time being for the British championship in1997).
It will be a great opportunity to do does extra track work and tidying up. After this race I am looking forward to making some small modifications to the track to allow for some additions to the facility.
My wrist feels just too weak, to hold on properly.
I am going to see a specialist at the end of the month.
In the mean time, the track has been busy and we have been making preparations for two big races we have coming up, on the 16th/17th and the 23rd/24th, we will be closing the track on the Wednesday in between these two races which will be noticeable as it has been along time since we have closed the track whilst the weather is great ( the last time being for the British championship in1997).
It will be a great opportunity to do does extra track work and tidying up. After this race I am looking forward to making some small modifications to the track to allow for some additions to the facility.
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