Start of winter training

Not only is it the start of my winter training plan looking at the view from my window, it’s also the start of a long winter. My first week has not been a great start thanks to the lingering fresher’s flu and a slight lack of motivation but the first few miles on the bike have ticked over and the first few metres in the pool have been swum.

Although it hasn’t been a big week on the bike I have still been busy helping to progress my cycling career. The big news is that I am now part on the universities elite sports performance scheme. For now this means I am able to gain free access to the gym, nutrition advice and a strength/stability coach for the year. I am hugely grateful of the support offered to me by the university and I am sure this will help improve my season next year

Over the next few weeks I will gradually begin increasing the mileage on the bike and spending more time in the gym pretending I want to be there. I will try also try and find some form before the BUCS hill climb on the 26^th of this month. Although I will not be training specifically for the event I still want to represent the university well and help win at least the team gold medal if not more.

I will try to keep you up to date with my training over the winter months and give you an insight into my inspirations and opinions on events in the world of cycling (as requested my Mr.Gordon).