Q1, Q2 and Q3!

I only trained Tuesday and Thursday this week and although I'm hoping to switch to Monday, Wednesday and Friday next week I also want to train at least once at the weekends.

Yesterday I had a fairly big lunch and was just settling down and watching the build up to the Grand Prix qualifying when I decided to hop on the bike and train at the same time.

Qualifying, for those not into F1, is run in three sessions of reducing time; 18 minutes followed by 15 and finally 12.  They have a few minutes gap between each session so I decided to ride the same times simultaneously.

The biggest holdup to me doing longer rides is getting my backside used to the saddle so doing these lengths with a short gap between should help get more time in the seat.

Q1 was pretty easy as it was only 18 minutes so I added in a couple of 1 minute sprints.  Q2 was extended as they stopped the session for a few minutes because of a car conking out on track.  Q3 was only 12 minutes but after the first two sessions my posterior was glad to get it done.  Lewis Hamilton ended up in pole position and during one of his quick laps - about 1:49 - I sprinted at a cadence of over 100 for the duration.

Each ride gets a bit easier to go longer so hopefully soon I'll be able to rapidly increase my times and distances and get on with some serious training.