I’m sure everyone is on the edge of their seats waiting for my next blog entry, but when my training is only mediocre, I just don’t feel very motivated to write. After Thursday’s outdoor ride, I’ve been on the trainer trying to get in some quality workouts. I have these delusions that my legs will finally start feeling good and crank out some epic intervals, but that hasn’t happened. On Friday I got the time trial bike out and put the spare PowerTap harness on it so I could get used to my TT position. That afternoon I only rode for 30 minutes to make sure everything was dialed in…besides I needed the recovery.

Saturday I wanted to do 3×20’s on the TT bike, but from the first minute of the first interval, I knew that wasn’t happening! My legs burned immediately and the power was somewhat weak, but I was able to push through and complete the first one. Then I switched to the rollers in the garage (where it’s a lot cooler) and cranked out a second interval. That one didn’t hurt as much but the power was the same, weak. I forgot how sketchy the TT bike is on the rollers but I managed to do some of the intervals in the aerobars and the rest on the bull horns.

Yesterday I did some seated sprints during an hour of Level 2 followed by 45 minutes of Tempo. Then today my legs weren’t feeling great so I just did an hour of Level 2, saving it for tomorrow. The weather forecast looks like it may warm up in the near future so I’m looking to increase my training load over the next two weeks which would leave me one week to taper for the Valley of the Sun which starts on Friday, February 16. The season is almost here, and I’m not sure I’m ready for it!?