Well here, today's training had a few ups and downs so I'll start with the good!
My acceleration: This aspect of my training felt especially good tonight, I felt I reached a top speed quickly and efficiently!
My Speed: I was told I looked faster, now without times to go against there isn't any hard evidence to support that I was going faster. Still, its a nice compliment and I will focus on that as I now describe the bad!
Equipment: My wheels are ok for the indoor track, however once reaching a top speed on the corner they still don't give me the grip to put anything past 85% of my max sprint, also I still feel I need to fine tune my frame alignment - my left boot still feels uncomfortable in the corners. Will tweak the frame for next Monday, and pray that when I find the funds, the new indoor Bont Velocity "Grip" wheels give me the desired hold on an indoor track!
My Back: Well this was a slight problem, my lower back itself was what forced me to stop last time I skated, and tonight it came back a bit. However it is nowhere near as bad as it was, and it was completely my fault. Yesterdays weights session incorporated dead lifts, which as any good gym goer knows, targets your lower back! although a good exercise, I have now realised that it is not suitable the day before any skating (or activity where I'm bent over for long periods of time!)
Hopefully I'll be fine tomorrow and the cycling time trial tomorrow evening will go well!
Jon
