1 More Race But....

it's time to start thinking about next years training plan.  Few things I learned about my training plan this year:

1. It helped me maintain a consistent workout schedule. 


2. It reduced the stress of worrying about what to do when everyday life get's in the way of training.  With a week planned out in advance, I could schedule around events or move training days as needed.


3. Forced me to take RR days, which were still hard to do. 

Counting my hours and miles started to get confusing because of the time I spent in the gym.  The method I used to count hours was not consistent.  Next year I will incorporate the hours I spend in the gym into my training hours.

I am also going to do a better job tracking mileage.  I'll take that a step further, I'd like to track the mileage individually for my road bike and mountain bike.  The reason being is mainly for the components.  I have all the tools to properly check wear and tear, but knowing how many miles are on certain components will lead to a better maintained bike.  It's not that difficult to track either. 

I don't use a power meter in my training, but I am still going to use a workload measurement next year.  The workload will be based on HR and is described well in Friel's book.