3 interval sessions this week. The first one was a repeat of the first session I did as part of the training; the one that I wasn’t mentally prepared for and suffered in. This time I was ready for it! It was still hard but at least this time I expected it to be.
The other two sessions were a mix of 30s on/15s off and then 30s on/30s off. These all seem to follow the same pattern, the first interval in each set feels ok, but the 10th interval is a case of “push push push” to complete it. I’ve found them slightly easier if I visualise them as ramps on a hill rather than an interval.
I also talk to myself quite a lot, reenforcing why I’m doing the training and how amazing the ride will be. I’m sure anyone listening would think I’d completely lost the plot!

The weekend sessions were an endurance session and a sweetspot session. The latter was hampered by the strong wind on Sunday; it’s hard to get a consistent power level when the wind is blowing the bike around. I sometimes just want to ride my bike rather than looking at my head unit and the power output display but have to tell myself that time will come in 3 weeks.