Training Status??? (III)
#3776
Making a kilometer blurry
!!!
Yeah, any abnormal symptoms, and I bail too. That was my first time literally riding myself cross-eyed. Generally, I don't care about the weather much though. I'll train when it's 17F and I'll train when it's 107F, snow, rain, dry, if that's when I have time (had both those temps in Austin in recent years).
Yeah, any abnormal symptoms, and I bail too. That was my first time literally riding myself cross-eyed. Generally, I don't care about the weather much though. I'll train when it's 17F and I'll train when it's 107F, snow, rain, dry, if that's when I have time (had both those temps in Austin in recent years).
#3777
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Yeah, any abnormal symptoms, and I bail too. That was my first time literally riding myself cross-eyed. Generally, I don't care about the weather much though. I'll train when it's 17F and I'll train when it's 107F, snow, rain, dry, if that's when I have time (had both those temps in Austin in recent years).
Yeah, any abnormal symptoms, and I bail too. That was my first time literally riding myself cross-eyed. Generally, I don't care about the weather much though. I'll train when it's 17F and I'll train when it's 107F, snow, rain, dry, if that's when I have time (had both those temps in Austin in recent years).
I struggle when it gets cold but really do well in the heat. All the fat on my body must protect me from the heat.
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Very confusing ride tonight. Tuesday hammerfest. Felt tremendous and completely rested going into it, then got a flat just before the ride in the parking lot. Then I couldn't even hang with 6 others motor pacing back to the pack. All of my numbers look the same as any other ride but my performance was nowhere near what it should have been. I'm mad and confused..
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You were probably jacked up from changing the flat, and couldn't bring the HR down.
I did ZCI tonight, inside again. The weather here is just ridiculous. It's always, freaking, raining, and thundering. Every day.
I did ZCI tonight, inside again. The weather here is just ridiculous. It's always, freaking, raining, and thundering. Every day.
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And I know how you feel about the weather. We had 5 months of winter here when it should have only been 3. It'll clear up soon, hang in there
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Club TT tonight, first time on a TT bike...Whoa! That was different. Took 30sec off my PB for this season, I'm sure I've got another 30sec in there for sure.
Have to play around with the fit a bit. Need to try a longer stem to stretch me out a bit. I kept slamming my knees into the arm rests when I stood on the climbing portions.
Have to play around with the fit a bit. Need to try a longer stem to stretch me out a bit. I kept slamming my knees into the arm rests when I stood on the climbing portions.
#3782
**** that
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SJBC twilight training "crit", 2nd again. FML.
Won a prime with two to go, hit 37 mph in the sprint with a leadout. Cool. (that's fast for me)
.97 IF for the 1.5 hours, so it was good training I think.
Ali Tetrik(?) and some other pro were there, doing some kind of filming for some sponsor.. we had to let them sprint ahead of us and throw their hands in the air a few laps, it was kinda funny. I invited Ali to get in our break once they were done with the shoot and we could start racing, but she said "Hell no!!". Probably b/c we're a bunch of amateurs, can't blame her!!
Won a prime with two to go, hit 37 mph in the sprint with a leadout. Cool. (that's fast for me)
.97 IF for the 1.5 hours, so it was good training I think.
Ali Tetrik(?) and some other pro were there, doing some kind of filming for some sponsor.. we had to let them sprint ahead of us and throw their hands in the air a few laps, it was kinda funny. I invited Ali to get in our break once they were done with the shoot and we could start racing, but she said "Hell no!!". Probably b/c we're a bunch of amateurs, can't blame her!!
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The "fml" part is that I've gotten 2nd, 3rd, and now 2nd in this training race in the last few weeks, so it's getting annoying.
No wins so far this year, gotta change that!
No wins so far this year, gotta change that!
#3787
Making a kilometer blurry
Power fell again (FTP never got over 3.5W/kg since last year). Was low to start, so I didn't suspect a peak, but I guess it was. Rebooting with 6-8 weeks of base, starting this week.
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5 x 10" x 5 hill sprint intervals. 10" 100% efforts on the minute, every minute (50" slow recovery between) going up a ~5 minute climb. Do it 5 times.
Ouch.
Of note: strava sucks at at analyzing anything less than 30" efforts, it seems. I'm taking wr advice and starting the search for a PM.
Ouch.
Of note: strava sucks at at analyzing anything less than 30" efforts, it seems. I'm taking wr advice and starting the search for a PM.
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Considering doing this "Twin Sizzler" out here in NE Ohio tomorrow. Road race 27 miles. Seems super short and I've heard a lot of stories about super sketchy riders. We shall see...
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Went out to do a LTHR test today and flatted 5 minutes into it on the same wheel. Well at least I got a nice 35 minutes of riding in on a beautiful day!
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First ride in a week (I did go for a run on Saturday, fwtw). It felt really good. I did 2 hours starting at 6am. I get a good ride tomorrow. This afternoon is high intensity wheelbuilding.
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5 x 10" x 5 hill sprint intervals. 10" 100% efforts on the minute, every minute (50" slow recovery between) going up a ~5 minute climb. Do it 5 times.
Ouch.
Of note: strava sucks at at analyzing anything less than 30" efforts, it seems. I'm taking wr advice and starting the search for a PM.
Ouch.
Of note: strava sucks at at analyzing anything less than 30" efforts, it seems. I'm taking wr advice and starting the search for a PM.
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Yeah, I think I want to do that next time. I also need to find a better road. Mt. San Bruno may be the ticket. 3-4 times as long, good grade, smoother pavement. Less total hill repeats but more reps per climb.
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This is roughly what my coach has had me doing on the second 3' of my 3'+3' intervals. It doesn't sound like much on paper, but it's a lot heavier than you'd think.
#3796
Making a kilometer blurry
Yeah, I've been targeting 66%, but roughly the same level of "why the hell is this hard?"
#3797
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Newly single. Short term, this negatively affects riding. Long term, faster. Right now, beer intervals. Sorachi, get in my belly.
#3798
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my post had less to do with you and more to do with people in relatively good places in their life overusing "fml." and if you're racing bikes i'm amusing you're in a "relatively good place" in your life.
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oh please
i like to say fml when something as innocuous as like narrowly missing a red light or the sun moves and ruins my shade. try it; its fun and people laugh.
i like to say fml when something as innocuous as like narrowly missing a red light or the sun moves and ruins my shade. try it; its fun and people laugh.
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