Slow and steady progress - maybe a bit too slow

With time constraints bound by a family and work commitments the the challenge of fitting in all the training becomes a trade off at times between quality and quantity. Commuting to work gives some of the quantity but not the quality (and tires you out in the process) while dedicated trainer sessions are good quality but you need to leave your brain outside to do 90 minutes plus.

So far the commuting went well, although a bit of a transition in training as the training stress from 1 day took a while to get used to, which also meant that the quality took a hit as London commuting is not the best of trining environments. Recovery time seems to be improving and having 1 week off the commute (replaced with leaving work early and going out for an hour and a bit) and holding the training stress seems to feel better now. Possibly from increased recovery time and a more balanced workload throughout the week.

Plan for the next week is ride in and get some extra quality time in at the weekend to build up the training stress before racing the week after at Crystal Palace. What I'll be racing on I'm not quite sure as there is a slight o slim chance I'll have a new bike ready in time for the first event.

The Criteriums on Tuesday and Thursday (Crystal Palace and Milton Keynes) will hopefully provide an incremental training load for the following month ahead of the road race.