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Howdy foks,

Tick…tick…tick…

It’s the first Tuesday of August… do you know where your fitness is?

No?

Well, after today you will, because today is –

2×20 Tuesday!

That’s right, we’re doing 2×20’s again today, and by the time you are done, you should know exactly what the state of your fitness is.

Here’s the drill –

https://crosssports.wordpress.com/2010/07/26/the-cyclocross-workout-of-the-day-for-7-26-10-testing-testing/

(Yeah, yeah… I know, lame joke. Hey, you get what you pay for right?)

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(click the link already!)

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Ok, so now that you’ve clicked and read the link, I only have a couple of things to add…

– Get used to doing these. Tuesday Night 2×20’s are going to be with us for a while, with subtle weekly variation 🙂

– I can’t stress it enough,  find a way to track your progress and level of output in the 2×20!! This is the foundational workout of your program, and everything gets easier and makes more sense when you have this workout dialed.

– Getting this workout dialed doesn’t make it easier. If the 2×20 doesn’t absolutely suck, you’re doing it wrong.

– If you’re still gassed from this weekend, take it easy again today. Make today another active recovery day. Do the 2×20 tomorrow instead.

– It’s still OK to do a local race today instead of the 2×20, just make sure you drill it (ugh…) during the race.

Go hard, push the pace. Use the race as a workout, and to hell with the results.

Hard efforts you give now are money in the bank for cross season; try to look at them that way, and make the efforts themselves the goal in your local training races.

Have fun!

M

~ by crosssports on August 2, 2010.

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