Make Sunday Count

This tip is geared towards a self coached athlete who works full time.  Assuming you’re setting some weekly mileage or time goals for your training, use Sunday as your mileage count day.  Don’t plan any workouts for that day ahead of time, instead add up your weekly volume on Saturday evening and plan the following day accordingly.  Within reason of course, if you’ve left yourself with 10 hours of riding to meet your weekly goal then don’t necessarily head out the door for a 10 hour ride.  Look back at the week and either see what went wrong, or adjust your following week accordingly.  We’ve found that Sunday usually ends up being a pretty tough day when you do this, but once you’ve got the time/mileage in you’ll be that much more satisfied with yourself, and confident come race day.