In prep for my athletes "A” races for the year, I encourage them to race throughout the season in their build up. I think it is super beneficial for a few reasons. First, it breaks up the monotony of training throughout the year and gives the athlete something to look forward to as they build.

One of Kelly’s season goals was to raise his FTP and really develop his power on the bike. After months of base building and endurance miles, it was time to ratchet up the bike focus and dive into more intense bike sessions to help him meet this goal. We began a block of high intensity bike work to boost his FTP. Since training for Ironman is still his priority, we’ve been careful in how we go about doing this.

While he works from home, Kelly still works a fairly typical 9-5 job and needs to be near his computer or phone during that timeframe. So his weekly training load is set up like most athletes, where shorter workouts happen during the week and the weekends are made for the long ride and the long run.

Kelly has been one of my athletes since late 2019. He found me through a series of email communications first with Joe Friel, who forwarded his information on to Ryan Bolton of Bolton Endurance Sports Training, which in turn forwarded him on to me as he thought the two of us would be a great fit. And I must say, we have!