April Stats

So April has come and gone...I am well into training now and I had found a pretty good rhythm.
Two days hard followed by one day off. Ease off the double headers with a single run each week. This has seen a steady rise in CTL and I had been feeling pretty good.

Unfortunately a few late (!) nights Roller Racing sort of knocked me off balance and coming into May I am suffering with a bit of an achey knee and feeling quite underpowered.When I do use the powermeter normalised power is around 20 watts down on expected. I could pass it off as intentional 3 weeks on one off but that would be bullshit.
...Riding...
So 401 miles ridden. Wednesday Skills has been a bit on and off but I have tried to be consistent.
29 hours in the saddle.
Stravas been quiet.. I lost a few more KOMs but haven't really gone out to retake or get any new ones... That's for May.

Kit.
Bought a set of wheels/tubulars for training on. initial rides... oooo plush.
Bought a new bike.(Merida).. intending to strip it, but have instead ended up riding it more than any other of my bikes.
The power meter seems to be eating batteries and at the moment is still not much better than a glorified Speedo. I still haven't done an FTP test, or calibrated it, so to be honest its a bit of a waste...I think I would have been better off buying a decent set of race wheels.


Bad news that my regular lunchtime off road partner has to work away in the week, leaving me to my own devices on the local trails. This is a bit of a blow as Chris regularly gives me a good kicking ... Another negative thing is that it seems that running really messes me up..knees and hips seem to get it the worst and it really messes with riding for a day or two after,
despite these niggles , overall I am pretty happy with April.
May is on the way only 5 weeks until the first race of the summer cross season. I should be starting to fly by now....
Mays plans are to ..
 do shorter and more frequent runs. ( twice a week perhaps)then hill intervals.
300 miles but short tight intervals and accelerations in prep for Junes Summer CX start.( more loops down my woods.
more off road hammering ( less road work). Its drying out, so take advantage.