Bonjour de Belgium!

I've been busy lately so I haven't had as much time as I'd like to do the things I like.

I've been in Brussels for a week now and haven't yet been out on the bike. It's partly down to lack of time due to getting things straight following the move, but mostly because I don't know where to go that isn't inner city Brussels. My goal for next week is to finally venture out - Foret de Soignes looks like it might be a good place to start.

In the week before leaving London I did as much riding as I could, building a lot of fitness and with it, fatigue. This meant I could take this first week in Belgium easy to recover, coinciding with the little training time available. I've done a few really easy - <55% FTP - rides that lasted about an hour, a 3 hour endurance ride and today I did some VO2 Max intervals feeling fresher than I can remember. All of this on the turbo.

When the dust has settled following the move, I should have more time than ever to train. Finding some routes will be key, but I'm not adverse to putting the time in on the turbo - in fact since getting the powermeter I'm actually enjoying it. My focus for the next 4 weeks is going to be on two races in the UK - these are SERRL races on 18th April and 2nd May.

I'm not expecting much in the way of a result from either race, with no racing between no and then, but I'll be training to do well in the race on the 2nd May specifically. The cost of the Eurostar tickets will be enough to spur me on when I'm thinking I haven't got the legs to make the break! With fewer races available to me I'm going to make every one count.

So the next four week block will be about that race on the 2nd May - the next three weeks building some form with a bit of a taper in the fourth week. Yet to plan this specifically, but I know I have the legs to finish with the bunch so I'll try and focus on workouts to to help me make a break and also to contest a sprint.

It feels quite good to have a specific goal to work towards as the riding so far has been general fitness building and all races have been done with a lot of fatigue.