The waether forecast was right, a cold front passing over Anglesey giving continious rain and damp weather - no point in doing a brisk 50 miler and getting soaked!
Instead I took my '50 miler' to the gym! 1 hour and 30 minutes of cardio and lower body work.
10 minutes warm up on the turbo, followed by the usual advanced stretching in preparation for 30 minutes of speedplay work on the turbo. In addition to this, I wanted to simulate hillclimbing as well as speedplay, so the front of the bike was lifted at 25 degrees.
After this, I used bodyweight and dumbells to work the buttocks and quads even more (top secret training going on here!) followed by calf raises.
Balance along with ankle and knee strength is coming along very well, the wobble board has been a huge investment! My business will be making its own version in the near future!
There's 4 weeks to go, so actual stair climbing will be used to beef up training over the next 3 weeks. The final week will invove carb loading - so watch this space for tips!
I'm planning on going to London in a few weeks to do a recce of Tower 42 and to eye up the 42 storey beast!
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