No mans land!!

Started the week with a rest day after 3 continuous on the rack.

So Tuesday did the simulated through and off which was the best yet i saw 54mph in the sprint which equates to 923 watts (my machine only goes up to 999 watts) really pleased with that cant do many of them but at that effort you dont need to the idea is to just show your system the hard efort without pushing to far and to long.

Wednesday looked really positive with the sun shining and the snow melting i decided to train on the road for the first time in over a week.

Decided to do the progressive 130,140,150 session as i thought the side roads would still be icy and if i stick to the mains i would be relatively safe.Went up the Warwick road with no probs a few little patches of ice but nothing to drastic had to pick my way through Edgehill but on the whole wasnt to bad.
Got to the Stratford road but decided to turn around as the sun was in my eyes and i could not see where i was riding so the idea was to go back along the Stratford road down Sun Rising out to ettington which i thought would be great as i will be racing on this road and up the hill in the beggining of March.

Everything was fine untill i got between the turning for Shennington and the top of Sun Rising hill as that 300 metres or so must be the cross over between councils or as some affectionally call it "no mans land" or the bit that no council will take responsibility for.

The upshot of this meant i ended up on my arse and having to ride home gingerly having not completed my session.....bugger!!

A crap fortnight has come to a head now as i have woken up with a stinking cold and sore throat so training is off or at least untill the throat infection subsides.

My coach has alwys drummed it into me that training with a head cold is fine but training with a sore throat is an absolute no no.It can not only make you very ill it can ruin your life permanantly reactive arthritis is a typical downside of training with a sore throat so do not do it!!

Taking the time to recover now will make all the differance and make you a better rider for when it really matters.