About bikergurl

As the title suggests, I like to bike. I ride a Cervélo Soloist Team road bike, which I race on occasion. That’s my baby up on the left hand side of the banner On the right is my old (and first) road bike, which is now in bike heaven Living in Canada, it’s hard to stay motivated during the long, snowy winters so I cross train by skating. That means that I don’t train formally for cycling during the winter, instead I focus on skating and having fun – which is key to staying focused. In the past, my training schedule has looked like this:

Summer:

Monday: Easy active recovery ~ 1 hour

Tuesday: Local races ~ 1 hour

Wednesday: Long Steady Distance, or LSD ~ 2 to 2.5 hours

Thursday: Intervals (Maximum Aerobic Power) ~1 hour

Friday: Off

Saturday: Activation – a good warm up followed by a few sprints to get the muscles fired up and ready to race ~ 1 hour

Sunday: Race ~3 hours

Winter:

Monday to Friday: Skating in the evenings

2-3 times per week: Strength training

2-3 times per week: Aerobic capacity training

This year, I’ve dropped my coach and moved away from more formal training. I still do most of the same kinds of training, just less structured – I do what I want, when I want to. I plan on racing less and enjoying the social aspect of riding this summer because serious training is not only hard physically, it can also be emotionally draining. It’s a bit scary to make these changes, especially not having a coach, so I started this blog to help keep me accountable. It mainly focuses on food because that’s where my biggest weaknesses are. I love food!

*Edit*

Since I can’t seem to keep up with my original style of blogging, I’ve decided to switch to less frequent posts. I will continue to post about my training and eating, just not in as much detail.

If you have any comments, suggestions or requests, please feel free to let me know