Base Building

I was forced to take a week off the bike with flu and started riding again last Sunday. After doing some research while ill I have decided to go back to doing some very easy base building for the next 5 weeks before I start some hard training again. So far I have done 3 rides this week where the majority of the work is done in Zone 1 and 2, (Joel Friel) that is between 120 and 139 bmp for me. So Far it has been hard to hold myself back but all the research says the same thing and it makes sense to build a strong base before working on strength, speed and other skills so let's see how it goes. Most of the experts look at about 1000 miles of base building but I am going to take a bit of a shortcut because I was only off for a short period and also took it quite easy 2 weeks leading up to the Noosa ride on the 14/06/2009 and the week following the Noosa ride I only did 2 easy rides before I fell ill around the 20/06/09 and was forced to rest.