What season is it?

Just as I finished a post about winter being here, the weather does a 180 and turns into mid-low 60's. I wont complain though. With the warm weather I took the bike off the trainer and headed outside. I just wish it would either be winter or summer.

Training. Haven't talked about it in a few weeks. I'm still on my plan to peak in 12 weeks, and I'm now 6 weeks in. I've started adding some intensity in, and its feeling pretty good. I can tell it would've been nice to have had more sub-threshold work before starting some intensity. I'll look at that before the start of next road season. I'm also learning about how much I didn't know, and probably still don't, about myself and my training.

Cross. I have my second race of the season this coming weekend. To be honest I'm not expecting much more than my first race. Waiting a month between races is not a good idea. While all the other guys have been out racing their bikes I've been deer hunting, helping work on a house, and setting on the couch. As of right now I'll be racing almost every weekend between now and Dec 12. Hopefully that'll help me ramp my fitness back up and test this 12 week plan I've mustered up. One could say race into shape.

Also with the trainer riding I have some major crow to eat. Last winter I went through a big spell of how and why I thought I should have a trainer FTP and a road FTP. I was wrong, and realize what an idiot I looked like posting a 345watt FTP. The truth is I believed it though, and it caused me to really get down on myself this past summer and ask questions like "why can't I do 6x4min intervals at 400watts each". Well I wasn't that strong. In reality my FTP is around 320watts. That's both on the trainer and off. At one point I think they were different but along the way I guess I adapted to the trainer and became able to reproduce my power from the road. As depressing as it was to finally realize this, it'll definitely help me make more headway in my training. And definitely help from over training. Have I mentioned I hate crow?

That's all for now. Remember Power is Power no matter how bad you don't want to admit it.