I finally got my new Mountain bike this week. I bought a Trek 6300. Not really a lot of considering behind the actual purchase and to why I bought this instead of another. As I haven’t owned a MTB before, I obviously don’t have a great insight on MTB equipment. I once had a bike, which I won in a fantasy competition, which kind of reminded of a MTB, but it didn’t have any suspension, which I all ready can feel makes a great difference.
The ride started at 8am, and we had a hope to make it to ”Hareskoven” by 9am to meet up with the Cycling Concept guys. But we very quickly realized that 4 hours would be too long. My brother was with me, and it was also his first real MTB ride, so better start up a bit easy instead of killing our ”love” for MTB on the first day.
We rode instead to ”Eremitagen” and saw a good number of herds. Rode around there for a bit and then headed towards ”Geels Skov” and ”Rode Skov”. There we found two different MTB single track routes and that was a dramatic change. That is really something different from riding my time trial bike... We were all over the place riding like the sissy versions of Bambie… Needs a lot of practice before we will master this event. Took some near dives a few times but managed to stay on the bike today. My brother don’t have clip-on pedals on his MTB, mainly because he will be doing some Cross Duathlon races this winter, which I may join him in. It was difficult for me to stay on the bike on the technical sessions, as I didn’t want to clip out of the pedals as single tracks are a bit difficult to start on again, but at the same time my technical skills are almost non-existing, so had to fight to actually keep moving forward…
Today I also realized that MTB training actually can be great fun. But it was also just my second attempt at this sport ever… My first ride was in Lanzarote four years ago, where we had borrowed some bikes and did some trail biking. But it was just bump after bump after bump, and my head was just exploding by the end of it… I really haded it. But it may just have been the poor bike...
The winter may be offseason and base weeks for the coming season, but it is also the season for alternative training. And MTB training will be part of my alternative training for sure.
I have bought my MTB with the target of getting outdoor winter training, so I can get some wind on my nose. And to improve my technical skills, so I will be better on the downhill sections and in the turns. The turns are my biggest weakness on the bike, and I have lost way too much time in turns in the past. This will change in 2010.
Following last week, which ended up be a very easy one mainly due to some light illness, this week has been an improvement. I am still a bit under the weather, but just need to get used to the damn cold. I very easily get cold, so I hope it won’t get a lot colder than today with 6 degrees. And I wouldn’t mind the wind to relax a bit. It will be a hard winter, if it continues as it has started.
My training this week:
Swim: 3hrs (4 sessions)
Bike: 9.30hrs (7.15hrs indoor/4 sessions + 2.15hrs MTB)
Run: 3hrs (5 sessions – 4 post bike)
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