Chris Eatough training plans

For any of you out there after a training plan, whether it be for your preparation for the Scott, Mont or Kona 24 hour races, the State or National XC series, Enduro's or Marathon racing then check out Chris Eatough's website, he has 12 week training plans for each of these, well at this stage he is still in the process of getting the XC and 24 hour training plans up but they should be up soon.

Check out his site, just click on the link to the right

New Years Day Otway Odyssey training ride

Happy New Year to all!

I managed to head out to Forrest yesterday to check out the first half of the 50klm race, whoa, all I can say is it will be tougher than last year for sure, this year we start off in Forrest and finish in Forrest as opposed to last years race where we started in Apollo Bay and finished in Forrest, last year we made our way up Wild Dog Rd which is a sealed road and although it was a steep climb being on bitumen I didn't find it too hard, the next climbs were all on fire road and some on grass which made it fairly difficult, I struggled with the climbs last year and I vowed not to do the race again as there was only about 10klms of singletrack in it and the first 40klms was all hills, this year the climb starts off on a dirt road but that doesn't go for too long before you start the steep fire trail climbs, this year is more appealing due to the amount of singletrack they have included in the race, the climbs however are not that appealing for me especially now that I have pre ridden the course.

Forrest had received a lot of rain overnight and it didn't stop raining the whole time we were riding so the ground was fairy wet and my tyres we clogged up with wet clay and mud for the majority of the ride, it is actually really pretty out there so even though the climbs were not enjoyable the surroundings were so that made the ride a little less painful, just like last year the first 25klm will sort out the fitter and stronger riders from the weekend warriors and underprepared riders (like me), I think I will probably be out on the track for about 5 hours at least so again the 100klm winner will finish before me.

Here are a couple of photos of me and my bike from yesterdays ride, this is the most mud my Trek has seen since I bought it over a year ago.

Thats all from me today, I am off to do some serious training, the way I was yesterday I need to train all day every day between now and the race just to be able to make it up those hills!

Stay safe

Kat