My thoughts around completing Three Peaks Challenge Falls Creek revolve around cheesy song lyrics. During my many years of teaching RPM/spin classes, I amassed an incredible amount of music with dodgy motivational lyrics that did a surprisingly good job of driving me to that finish line on Sunday. After wrestling with a few mental dogs […]
Three Peaks Challenge – one week to go!
With one week to go and starting my taper towards the big day, I was concerned that I wouldn’t have a riding story to tell. After last week’s epic adventure where my mental strength was tested just as much as my physical, having two days in a row where I rested seemed a little pedestrian. […]
Three Peaks Challenge – two weeks to go!
You know that you are getting to the pointy end of your training when you do your last hard ride and make a start on tapering for the big day! In less than two weeks’ time I will be lining up to start the Peaks Challenge. This week’s theme focuses on the concept of “redesigning […]
Three Peaks Challenge – Three weeks to go!! (the long tempo effort goodnight edition)
There is now only three weeks between me and the Three Peaks Challenge, and time for another training update. Again, this week of training has involved some successes – a PB up Highgate Hill chasing Liz’s wheel (thanks, Liz), and some personal best efforts around Graceville on Tuesday. Unfortunately for most of the week, training […]
Three Peaks Challenge – four weeks to go!
Last week’s post revolved around endurance and a little help from my friends to get through a 225km ride with 4000 metres of elevation. This week was all about recovering sensibly, yet maintaining the gains that I have made in my fitness. In exercise science, we call this concept “overreaching”. An athlete is knowingly pushed […]
Three Peaks Challenge – Five weeks to go!
Only five weeks to go until the Peaks Challenge and this week’s theme revolves around, “I get by, with a little help from my friends”. After my mental dog training ride to Mt Tamborine and Beechmont, it was time to face the new week with some strength endurance tempo training on Tuesday, and a session […]
Three Peaks Challenge – Six weeks to go! (the canine edition)
Six weeks to go? I can’t quite believe it! In some ways I can’t wait for the date to be here and in other ways, I’m happy to wait because I am enjoying the training and the challenge of pushing myself both mentally and physically. This week’s theme is “old dog learns new tricks”. Why […]
Three Peaks Challenge – Seven Weeks to Go!
With seven weeks to go until the Three Peaks Challenge, I’m pleased to have laid down a solid week of training for the event, both volume and elevation wise. With my scheduled 150km ride being pushed forward to Monday, it meant that I clocked up another (nearly) 500km week. Such a solid workload has meant […]
Three Peaks Challenge – Eight Weeks to go!
Inclement weather in Brisbane has challenged my Three Peak Challenge preparation this week. Due to bad weather and extreme heat/humidity, my training week was pushed out to eight days rather than the usual seven, and concluded this morning with a long ride through Ipswich and Brisbane. To recap the training week, it started with some […]
Three Peaks Challenge – Nine Weeks to Go!
This week, my Three Peaks countdown moved into single digits. I concentrated on putting my foot forward, one pedal stroke at a time. After doing a record 23 hours on the bike the previous week, how well I would recover was a relative unknown. However, I’m pleased to report that I seemed to adapt well […]