Sorry for the lack of entries lately.
I haven't given up , honest!

My ISP cut me off for downloading.....ahem....too much data .
Just a few Linux ISO's don't you know, but they took exception anyway.
No ISP hence no internet and since I haven't been close to the internet at work (been out of the office travelling) , I was kind of snookered.

However, I've still been training and I've been making steady progress.
I won't bore you with details of all the data I've accrued, but let's just say that I'm typically well over 300w now for my 2x20's. I've put this down to doing more road rides. Mostly tempo riding alone but also some rides with the Addicombe 19mph posse.

A couple of days ago I thought ,what the hell, I'll do a 1 hour test and see what I get.
I was well rested after a few days off the bike and felt good so I went for it.
For the first 15 mins I held off a bit and kept it just below 290w knowing that I could up the ante in the last 15 mins.
All was going well until the last 10 mins when I really felt it and my pulse was over 180. Well above threshold.
However I managed to hold on and was pleased to see an average of 311w for an hour.
Pretty chuffed.
I'm still mopping all the sweat up ,mind.


All this is good news.
The bad news is I'm still 85kg, or thereabout.
In short, I'm still a lardarse when it comes to most people I see racing.
I would have thought all this turbo sweating would ahve shed a few kgs, but no.
If things continue like this I may even have to give up my beloved Ginsters pies.
Heaven forbid!