Took about 4.5 hours to do 80 miles, whihc included a fair bit of climbing, as well as an off road section :-O and that was after the rainstorm drenching us, so the trails were nice and muddy. Was fun though, especially slipstreaming Mr Cancellara on his motorised bike

Just over 1.5 hours easy today... well, it rained and it was very windy and there were some hills again, as I can't really avoid them here unless I rode up and down a short stretch of A465 all the time... Strangely enough, enjoyed it, although feeling a tad tired after yesterday.

Daz, you thoughts on this: just got told off for going for a ride longer than 2 hours, as apparently I don't need to, because I never really race for longer than 2 hours, so this has only made me tired and blunted my legs...

I don't agree, as I have as my end of season aim Three Peaks CX, so although my first aim is the track champs in Italy in August, I would like to tick over some endurance in the background for Three Peaks... Yes, my races are shorter, but longe easy rides are needed to keep a nice base mileage ticking over. If you do short and fast all the time you burn out??? I think it is a misconception that you need to go fast in training to go fast in races... I have much more benefit from steady miles with the odd bit of speedwork thrown in... but am currently racing myself fit by doing short circuit races These are for training and fun, and by no means a target... I have started doing sprint intervals to improve my speed on the track though, which seems to be working So, have I ruined my training by going for a long ride yesterday?