Three and a half hours and three weeks

Three hours didn't sound long when I wrote my training program. It felt damn long when I was heading towards Redcliffe, just over an hour into my three hours, alone on the road on a Saturday afternoon, edging my way along dark clouds that looked like they'll dump lots of heavy wet bombs on me any moment.

Without the newly found podcasts, time would have passed even slower. Podcasts are good for base training. If anybody is interested, I'd be happy to write about a few I found entertaining or interesting. Let me know.

For now just type 'workout music' in the iTunes search box and look under the podcast section. Goldmines of free exercise music that will keep going much longer than your average three to four hour base training ride.

In yesterday's ride I checked out the new Houghton Highway bridge. It is almost finished. I love the bike access from the Woody Point end that is now open. No need to cross three lanes of traffic anymore. The other side however, where you have to cross the road and use the foot crossing because bikes don't trigger the traffic light, is inconvenient, because you get stuck on the wrong side of the road but this should also be good once the project is complete.



Week three of my training and I'm right on track, building up my weekly hours nicely from eight hours to ten last week and twelve hours saddle time this week. Next week will peak at 13.5 hours before a well deserved rest week.

Only a few more weeks of this and I'll be racing again. Can't wait.

In other news - or better no-news: It's three weeks now since my Powertap decided to stop working altogether and I still don't even know what's happening with it. This is very frustrating and in case you consider buying a Powertap in Australia then please be aware that the support is not very good when something goes wrong with it. This might be different in other countries. I'm really curious how long it will take and what the outcome will be in the end.