I'm back... through popular demand!

I thought I only had one reader... and I talk to him more than I talk to my Mrs anyway... so the blog just diminished into nothing. It wasn't until I was leaving a race on the weekend and I found out I had a second reader... not only expressing his disappointment in not having any posts to read recently... but also praising me on the quality of content. 

Talking about the blog that day made me realise why I did it in the first place. To provide an insight into what I am doing... so others can learn and gain experience from my mistakes & success whilst at the same time, providing me with some reflection time. Talking about what I have done, why I have done it and what i'm planning on doing allows me to really channel my motivation to achieving my goals.

So for those reasons... i'm back. 

I ought to give a quick overview of 2017 so far to bring my new reader up to speed:
1) I started racing criteriums... and loved it
2) I bought a track bike and raced fixed gear criteriums... which was even better
3) My winter training went perfectly ending at 5W/kg FTP
4) I focused my Spring / Summer on developing a huge base & finding out my limits in Training Load... and going over those limits resulting in too much overreaching and potentially a case of over-training (this deserves a blog post of its own)
5) The demoralisation of starting the hill climb season with no form and overweight
6) I've reset my goals & started over again 
7) Training and racing on Zwift is going to form the fundamentals of my winter training (more on that in another post)
8) I've moved away from generic plans developed by Trainerroad. This next year will be a more personalised approach to developing my training plans & using the workout generator & Annual Training Plan development to train & peak for events next year (more on this also)