2008 training year - kilometres and results

じょんのびTIMEの皆さん、“毎月何キロ走るの？”と良く聞きますね。僕はいつも“2000キロくらい”と答えていますけど本当はあまりチェックしていませんでした。

2007年と2008年のデータをチェックしてみました。

2007

March 1939
April 1957
May 2227
June 1547
July 1935
August 1776
September 1570
October 1495
November 975

Total 15421

2008

March 2166 (+227)
April 1752 (-205)
May 2099 (-128)
June 1947 (+400)
July 1916 (-19)
August 2050 (+274)
September 1833 (+263)
October 1614 (+119)
November 1157 (+182)
Total 16534 (+1113)

12月～２月　off season

12月から２月までは天気が悪いのでトレーナーとストレンストレーニングがメインです。チャンスがあれば外で走りますがハードトレーニングはほとんどしません。

３月～４月　base training

3月になるとモチベーションが上がるのでたくさん走ります。3月と4月のトレーニングは持久力トレーニングです。２００７年も２００８年もシーズン始め体重が10キロくらいオーバーしてました！痩せるためにロングライドをがんばりました。今年は毎日体重をチェックして、できるだけ“レースウェイト”をキープしたいと思います!

５月～１０月　race training

5月に入るとレースシーズンです。レーストレーニングが多くなります。山登り、TT練習、INTERVALトレーニングなど、ハードトレーニングに入ります。天気は良いのですがレースがある週末には短い距離しか走れません。(東京～糸魚川以外！)　走行距離はbase trainingとあまり変わらない結果になりました。

training style

5月から１０月までの走行距離は2007年も2008年もほとんど同じです。でも2008年のトレーニングはちょっとレベルアップしたかったです。

例えば今年は尾神岳や磯野辺をもっと登るようにしました。INTERVAL
トレーニングなどもやってみました。

１１月～１２月　slowing down

１１月のHOTAKAは最後のレースです。２００７年に出た時に一年間のトレーニングで疲れてしまったので２００８年のシーズン終わりには少し“スローダウン”しました。その結果２００８年はもうちょっと調子が良かったです。

２００９……

今年はトレーニング時間が少なくなるのでもう一回レベルアップしたいと思います。もっとトレーニングテクニックを勉強して、がんばりたいと思います。頑張るじょんのび！

People sometimes ask “How many kilometers do you do in a month?” I usually reply “About 2000km”. However I don’t pay too much attention to it. I decided to check my data between March and November for 2007 and 2008.

December~March - off season

I do very little riding between December and March as the weather is bad. This is the time to focus on strength training and riding the trainer. If I have the chance, it’s great to ride outside but I don’t do anything like hard training.

March~May - base training

By the time March comes around, motivation is high. In March and April I do quite a lot of kilometers. This is the “endurance” base of the season. As I entered the 2007 and 2008 seasons, I was a full 10kg overweight! I did lots of long rides to bring my weight back down. This year, I am checking my weight daily in order to keep as close to “race weight” as is possible!

May~October - race training

May marks the start of the racing season. Race training becomes the main. Training is relatively hard including climbing, TT practice and interval training. The weather is good for riding but on weekends that have a race, the kilometers tend to be low (well apart from Tokyo-Itoigawa!) so the overall kilometers are similar to those in April and May.

training style

The kilometers ridden from May onwards are similar for both 2007 and 2008. However, in 2008 I tried to raise my game a little. For example I tried to get in more rides of Ogami Dake and Isonobe. I also tried out various training techniques such as interval training.

October~December - slowing down

The last race of the year is Hotaka in November. When I entered the race in 2007, I was feeling tired from the effects of a long training season. In 2008 I tried to slow down towards the end of the season to keep myself fresh for this one last race.

2009…

This year I will have less time to ride my bike so I want to raise my game once more. I’ll look into new training techniques and do my best to improve. Ganbaru Jyonnobi!

2008 Results:

13 Apr YATSUGATAKE Hill Climb 12th
20 Apr KUSATSU Hill Climb 5th
26 Apr GUNMA CSC Jitsugyodan TEAM TT 1st
27 Apr GUNMA CSC BR2 Jitsugyodan Road Race 63rd
17 May TOKYO-ITOIGAWA Road Race 1st
24 May TOKURA HC TT Hill Climb TT 3rd
25 May TOKURA HC Hill Climb 3rd
1 Jun NORIKURA BR2 Jitsugyodan Hill Climb 42nd
7 Jun TSUGAIKE Jitsugyodan Hill Climb 43rd
8 Jun TSUGAIKE Jitsugyodan Hill Climb TT 90th
21 Jun OZE TOKURA Hill Climb TT 1st
22 Jun OZE TOKURA Giro 1st
20 Jul ISHIKAWA BR2 Jitsugyodan Road Race 27th
27 Jul OGAWA BR2 Jitsugyodan Road Race 15th
21 Sep YAHIKO HC Hill Climb 6th
28 Sep IIDA BR2 Jitsugyodan Road Race 17th
19 Oct NOTO BR2 Jitsugyodan Road Race 18th
26 Oct JAPAN CUP Open Road Race 53rd
8 Nov HOTAKA HC Hill Climb TT 1st
9 Nov GIRO DE HOTAKA Giro 1st

Photos:
Clocking the miles
Start line at Kusatsu HC
Warming up for Tsugaike HC TT
Tokyo-Itoigawa trophy "I'm not giving it back!"