I'm not really on about fitness training, more keeping my eye in with regards to handling the bike when generally short on time...
Fitness wise I'll be upping my cycle commuting, doing some running/night rides in the evenings perhaps and maybe even joining a gym again (not keen on the gym TBH), but I'm generally very time restricted at the minute and I'm conscious that as much of an adonis as I might become it won't help me nail corners, jumps and drops other than helping combat fatigue...
boxxer 7 - interesting points, personally if I'm practising a specific course for a race I'll tend to Session my way down once or twice then try to stitch together some "feet up" runs and maybe one or two race-ish paced runs, that all assumes you've got the time/energy, I only really had time for 2 full practise runs and a little bit of sessioning this weekend, so one feet up sighting run and a second with some pace, before sitting about for ~1hr then race runs, I suppose you do need to be aware of fatiguing yourself too much during practise or getting too cold waiting for your run (well you do if your me)...
And yep, definately out braked myself at a couple of points where I knew better, which is really the issue I'm getting at with the question I suppose...
Ultimately I know it's all down to time on the bike, but I don't have alot of time, so I've got to come up with a bit of a strategy to make what I do have really count...
Currently with a 3 year gap in racing, no real training, and a bike setup that still needs a bit of tweaking perhaps, I'm placing bottom 3rd of the field, so I reckon it's feasable to be looking to improve to mid table by the end of the season...
I'll happily sign up for a skills course, but again that means clearing a day (probably at the weekend) a long way in advance and clearing the funds with the missus (tricky ATM)...
My Local woods are a reasonable place to build/maintain skills although not amazing - 20-30 second runs but not hugely steep, plenty of technical sections tricky courses, some roots, jumps kickers that you need to think your way through (especially in the wet) but for sustained runs
