how much is too much?

“How much is too much?”, this is often a question I ask myself as I lead up to a race.
I love to ride and ride pretty much every day. I listen to my body and slow down when necessary.

However, with a race on the horizon, you have to force yourself to slow down even though you don't really want to.

Maybe the question should be “How hard is too hard?”. 80 km today, but these were 80 easy kilometres. Down by the coast. Keeping an eye on heart rate. Trying to keep it around the 110 mark.

I did one short hard effort on the climb behind the power station on the way back. 32 kmph / 163 HR max.

I'll ride in the hills tomorrow as part of my Takayanagi commute. Thursday and Friday will be total rest. AJ on Saturday!

Tuesday's training: coast road ~ Teradomari return

(80 km, 200 m climbing, 31.5kmph, 110 / 163 HR av / max)