last bit before Mountain Mayhem

As this week is the last one before Mountain Mayhem starts I've been keen to do some really hard sessions so that I have a psychological advantage at the weekend - "I've felt worse than this in training so you suckers are just going to have to ride past you!" :)

On Tuesday I played football and the Wednesday I did the hardest Turbo Training session I've ever done.

The forecast for the weekend is terrible so there's going to be a lot of grinding through mud, which is a lot like riding up hill to be honest.

Last night I did 25 minutes of the session I did on Monday night then did 10 minutes grinding a hard gear on the hardest setting on the trainer. I then repeated the first 25 minutes so that I knew I could still put in rapid bursts after a looooong time grinding up hill.

It was pretty tough and I had to go up the stairs in two goes afterwards because my legs were so wobbly!

I'm really pleased though because I feel absolutely fine today and I feel ready for the onslaught of mud I'm going to have to face this weekend...