This season was a bit chopped. Coming off racing in the fall of 2024 I was pleased with my fitness. I put together what I thought to be a reasonable program through the late fall and winter. However, I really didn’t execute it. As winter set in and the ski season ramped up my consistency fell even further. I was active through this period at least. The second half of 2025 is a different story: I rode just about every day for 6 months. Really felt like two different seasons.

Into this fall/winter season I want to apply lessons I learned from this season:

  1. Adjust my program based on seasonal feelings I have always had motivation issues in the late fall and early winter. The shortening of the days and the poor weather outside really seem to effect me. Rather than fight that I will adjust things by scaling back.

  2. Long periods of green training work for me Just out of winter last year I started by focusing on riding every day. I let the pace self adjust - in order to ride every day the pace needs to be green to keep the frequency up.

  3. Body composition focus While I am close to personal best power I am carrying a lot more of myself then when I first established those marks. With green zone work in point 2 I can use real food in training. For non-sport nutrition focus on getting fiber and protein with every meal.

  4. Own the morning Get a session in before the work day starts. Nobody ever asks you to come in early but they sure do ask you to stay late.