Week 5 – Dealing with doubt and a check in video with Alex Dowsett

Hello all, this post is a slightly longer one with a few videos. There’s chat and ride with Alex Dowsett, me being brave and laying down some goals and a few videos from the garage. I’m going to reduce the frequency of my posts to 2-3 weeks, this is in order to give you more … More Week 5 – Dealing with doubt and a check in video with Alex Dowsett

Six Days of Ghent 2016

Originally posted on PINSTRIPESKINSUIT:
The Six Days of Ghent is special. The history, the intensity, the music, the commentary, the air horns, the hot dogs – it’s all brilliant. Zesdaagse Gent (as it’s known locally) represents everything great about track cycling. It’s accessible, high-octane, world-class bike racing with cheap beer, a liberal dose of cheesy…

Getting into the groove, feeling these workouts add up

Its been a good week in terms of getting workouts done and managing to really stay on top of my intervals. Some challenges at home with the 6 month old deciding she doesn’t need top sleep anymore. None the less we’ve made it work… ok i’m realising im using the word “we”! It’s because my … More Getting into the groove, feeling these workouts add up

Day 1

So I started things off with a Sufferfest video at FTP of 255. Definitely lost some fitness after the holiday as toward the end I found this hard.. grinding at 55 rpm at 110% FTP at the end was pretty bad. It was The Way Out (not TGTTOS as the video suggests). Good workout, not … More Day 1

The Kick Off

So I start officially on the 18th of October. I popped round to see Alex to finalise some other work. Naturaly talk moved to his expectations of my progress. ​​ 20% is absolutely huge! I’ll reveal my FTP after I start on the 18th. But I can tell you that kind of improvement would put … More The Kick Off