RE:

78.8 kg on the scales this morning. That'll slow you down! Maybe that's where 2 minutes went yesterday.

I could certainly feel yesterday's effort in the legs this morning. Usually I feel good the day after the race. Strong and explosive. Probably due to adrenalin and other naturally produced goodies still floating around the system. It's not till Tuesday that I usually feel the fatigue.

This time however, I really felt it today. Must be age catching up with me at last! I used to ride as much as I like and never get tired, eat as much as I like and still lose weight. Those days it seems.... are over!

Time to RE cover RE flect, RE think, RE focus and RE build.

A nice recovery spin today. No desire to go hard anyway. A bit of a chill in the air. Nice and fresh.

A couple of days of rain are forecast, so a nice chance to take a break.

Then it's time to refocus. Change bike. Aerobars on. How low can we go? Head down. Cadence up.

A shift from short efforts at lactate threshold and above to long paced efforts at around 150 HR. The training I love. The riding I do best. My niche.

Build, build, build. So I can go hard and go the distance at Tokyo ~ Itoigawa.

Monday's training: Recovery on the flats around Nota (32 km, 100 m climbing)