Back on the Bike

After nearly 2 months of drastically reduced training and only a handful of very short bike rides, I have resumed my full training regimen this past week and it feels great! Even better yet, is that my back has held up pretty well with only 2 days in the past week with any sort of significant pain and 1 day that was completely pain free.

To finish out the year, I built a schedule around a new training philosophy that I'm going to implement next season.  I will blog more specifics later, but there are 2 major distinctions compared to how I train today. The first is that training is time based instead of distance based (think in terms of minutes and hours instead of miles and yards). The second is training in zones based on heart rate instead of perceived effort.

Tonight I headed out to the High Trestle Trail for a brick workout. I started with a 1:15 bike ride and finished with 20 minutes running. The calm winds were great on the bike and the shade on the trail was perfect for the run. I am happy to say that the workout felt GREAT and felt surprisingly easy. I'm really looking forward to training over the next 4 weeks prior to my season coming to a close. I've really been missing it!