Pro Training

Guys I've been troubled by an interview I read in Cycling Weekly about last years Premier Calender Winner Russell Downing In the article he basically said he trained harder than the races. WTF! In essence he batters himself for close to four hours day after day. Yikes that's too scary for words...But I've always wanted to try and see what that would feel like. Duh! So on Saturday I raced as hard as I could from Highbury to Potters Bar and back via the hillyest route possible...Hmmm! It hurt loads and I didn't like it. In fact it was two and half hours of pain I can do without. In fact I'd rather pay an entry fee to get that sort of pain. Thanks Russ