Michelle Le Brun
Club:
Addiscombe CC
How long have you been racing?:
For just over a year. I started at the Imperial Racing Team Winter Races at Hillingdon with the 4th Cat men last year. I then tried my hand at a 100k mens 3rd and 4ths road race and then thankfully moved on to the womens races for the rest of 2008
What types of races do you do?
Mostly circuit and road racing. Though I would love to give track a go, as I think I may have a decent sprint on me that has as yet been undiscovered.
Where do you race?
Last year was mostly in the South East plus I did some European sportives and British sportives. This year though, I will need to do more travelling around the UK if I am to achieve my main goal.
Describe a typical training session:
I have just come off the phase of my training which has seen the largest time block at about 20 hours a week. During this period I was regularly doing three sessions a day. Session one would be doing an hour low HR on the rollers first thing in the morning (I never saw 6am so many times before). Then in my lunch break I would go out for about an hour and a half in total, fitting in half an hour of phosphate sprints in the middle. This means doing 10 seconds of full on eyeballs out sprinting with about 3 minutes rest in between. In the evening I may have done a big gear session for an hour on the turbo, using increasingly hard gears for 4 minute blocks with a specified break in between.
What are your goals this year?
To get my 1st Cat licence. To get quick enough to ride in the ACC Training Group ride on our club run on a Saturday morning.
What have been your best races so far?
There have been two. Coming first in my first ever women's road race and going from 4th Cat to 3rd Cat in one heady hour; also coming 4th in the Regionals in May 2008, whilst racing with some really strong SE women. One of the best things I did last year was La Marmotte sportive in the French Alps, getting a gold medal.
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