Learn to love those turbo sessions - 27-06-2009
Claire Hitchings has started a blog to document the ups and downs of training and competition. An intro to a recent post is copied below together with a link to the full article where you can post any comments.
Learn to love those turbo sessions
My coach Jenny is unfortunately a big fan of turbo sessions. Turbo sessions take away everything I love about cycling - the open air, the countryside, discovering new routes, riding with a group, the thrill of descents, cake at a cafe...the list is endless. When I first started working with Jenny my heart would sink as she spelt out my next phase of training - I searched for the 1 hour pootle on your bike - 14mph, HR ~ 130bpm. It was never there! Instead, blocks of 10 minutes hard on the turbo. She'd give me this look, as if to say, "Training isn't meant to be fun!" I would try and cleverly substitute sessions. Surely 3 laps on Olbury Hill on my mountain bike will produce the same training effect? I kidded myself for a while...
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