Its Sunday night and right now I am 5 days out from the first of what I hope are many international Para cycling races. This weeks race takes place in Montreal Canada at the Circuit Gillies Vileneau a small island on the St Lawrent river that is set up resort like with a Casino and F1 track which we race on, big stuff.
Training has gone real well up to this point and races have gone better than expected really. Support from USOC has been sketchey at best so we did this race out of pocket. Team Semper Fi jumped in and took over lodging for us. Now the weather is whats going to be a bigger factor. Forcasted for NNW winds at 15-25 Kts on Friday which is time trial day should be challenging as well as temps below freezing! I plan on going with a solid disk rear, 80mm up front and a Rudy Project helmet with full skin suit. I will bring a set of 60mm wheels and use those if the wind becomes an issue and layered clothing.
For this week training will be light with a good solid 6 day taper, I will finish up hypoxic training Tuesday and should be packed locked and loaded by wed. Right now my focus is maintaining fitness with as little physical stress as I can as well as begin a barrage of mental Imagery, focus and positive reinforcment drills. Knowing you are in top form out of any previous measurment helps too! So this week I will be going out of my way to stay positively focused and minimize any negitive input. So this is D-5 focus focus focus and minimize distractions and plan for every contigency making the shifting of plans seamless!
So strap in and follow along I hope you enjoy the International Racing entries this year!
Brian lives on the Outer banks of NC with his wife and daughter in a house by the sea. Brian is a Elite Level Paralympic Athlete and travels with the US National cycling squad as he prepares for the 2012 Paralympics in London. Brian is also the CEO of Performance Impact Coaching LLC, a company devoted to coaching individuals to live their ultimate dreams! He can be reached at: grenierracing@yahoo.com
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