"The 33"-Road Bike Racing - Training Failure Status

this is the season to be lazy.


So I blame all the chores I have to do. Yeah. That's it. Too much other stuff to do.

Except yesterday when I made time for two (2) (deux) (zwei) (2) rollers sessions



and....


only did one.


Instead I ate and sat on the couch.

I hear ya dude - I hate riding in the cold.
Rode with a buddy yesterday and he dropped my ass on a climb and told everyone about it online. Seemed that it was not mentioned that I did an hour and a half of intervals the day before and got two cortisone shots in my shoulder, etc. etc.
Just makes me want to be lazy some more...

YIPEE A training thread I can post in!

I did 2x30 min sessions of dinner buffet table laps last night.
Tonight will feature one 2 hour at the dinner table session.

I hear ya dude - I hate riding in the cold.
Rode with a buddy yesterday and he dropped my ass on a climb and told everyone about it online. Seemed that it was not mentioned that I did an hour and a half of intervals the day before and got two cortisone shots in my shoulder, etc. etc.
Just makes me want to be lazy some more...

you don't have to, you live in tennessee.

I also did 2x30 eating intervals yesterday. about to commence a long endurance eating session today.

you don't have to, you live in tennessee.

Damn you botto - this is cold for me :)
When I was in the home country I used to ride in -20 celcius weather but now that I am heat acclimatized I can't take the cold at all but love the heat.

Baked French toast consumed; heading out for a ride in, oooh, bone chilling 30 degrees or so

Let's see, since arrived home on Wednesday, i nearly devoured an extra-large bottle of nutella. The thing is 4000kcals, and this was one act of gluttony. You guys can do the math. Looks like my FTP is going south of 3.7...

Let's see, since arrived home on Wednesday, i nearly devoured an extra-large bottle of nutella. The thing is 4000kcals, and this was one act of gluttony. You guys can do the math. Looks like my FTP is going south of 3.7...

did you have it in a crepe with bananas? That's a good way of consuming nutella.....

In the past 2 days, I've done 4600 kJ of work on the bike. I'm praying that will offset what I'm about to do.

Finally, a thread that's appropriate for me !
Cranked out a solid 2-3 hours this week !!

Today's workout will be a family walk with the dog .... how many watts is that ?

All of my training is a failure and I have the race "results" to prove it.;)

And if this was renamed the Weight Loss Tracking Failure thread I would "win" it.:(

Finally, a thread that's appropriate for me !
Cranked out a solid 2-3 hours this week !!

Today's workout will be a family walk with the dog .... how many watts is that ?

depends on the dog and how hard it pulls.

;)

my neighbor has a bull mastif and when his wife walks it I wonder who's walking who.

depends on the dog and how hard it pulls.

;)

my neighbor has a bull mastif and when his wife walks it I wonder who's walking who.

Get a Gentle Leader. I have an American Fox Hound that is close to 90 lbs of pure muscle that once gets on a scent is very hard to control unless on one of them.

I've done two rides since I came home from break. that was like ten days ago. so what?

I got some sweet defeet gear for xmas. Guess I'll try it out when racing starts haha.

Don't wear compression socks in your snowboard boots. It hurts if you have the drug store kind at least.

you don't have to, you live in tennessee.


Yep, a scorcher here today. http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee312/king-tony/X-mas2010062.jpg

did you have it in a crepe with bananas? That's a good way of consuming nutella.....

no, mostly straight outta the jar:o



All of my training is a failure and I have the race "results" to prove it.;)

And if this was renamed the Weight Loss Tracking Failure thread I would "win" it.:(

not so sure about that. i think i got everyone beat with a 2.5% weight gain of pure fat. hey, at least i got the concession to have a bike here, so that's good

Yep, a scorcher here today. http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee312/king-tony/X-mas2010062.jpg

I'm Dreaming of a White (interspersed with a lot of green from the lawn) Christmas.:)

I used to live in Illinois and I would bike commute in that. However I was living in an area where most (but not all) people knew how to drive in those conditions. In Tennessee I would be more concerned about getting creamed by an out of control car than staying upright with that dusting of snow on the pavement.

not so sure about that. i think i got everyone beat with a 2.5% weight gain of pure fat.

If only my weight gain from being in shape to now was 2.5%. Mine is closer to 7%.

the sun has not peeked out since last Sunday. I was dreaming of a Blue Christmas. I got a white one, mixed with gray.

Yep, a scorcher here today. http://i233.pho tobucket.com/albums/ee312/king-tony/X-mas2010062.jpg

oh my, 1/8th of an inch! the bread and milk must be sold out at krogers.

Injury + Christmas = fat = more suckage than normal for the start of the season

Yep, a scorcher here today. http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee312/king-tony/X-mas2010062.jpg

Nice - there isn't even any snow!!! I would SOOOoooooo totally ride in that if I had that today. I would be counting my blessings too.


oh my, 1/8th of an inch! the bread and milk must be sold out at krogers.

It's funny because it's true.

I just ate a ton o food for dinner. It was all good!!

I didn't blow off the second roller session today, I just cut it short. fail.

i love socal... 9hrs on the bike in past 24hr.

I slacked most of this week

did my 30 min TT test(joe friel's guide lines)today and hit 177 for my average Hr my previous best was 175

wrong thread, smallguy. This is the gluttonous anonymous thread

Toothache & Painkillers = not exactly a good combo for training. Been in pain since Wednesday. Unfortunately my dentist is out until Monday. Wednesday it wasnt that bad and I was able to get about 3 hours. Yesterday I tried and had to quit after about one hour and today I'm just happy for all those meds that can provide temporary and partial pain relief. The pain is getting worse and pain killers are not really helping much anymore so I may ask my teenage kid to get me some ganja and smoke it tonight so I finally can get some sleep. Usually I'm totally against all drugs but today I can see why medical Marijuana is needed for some people in serious pain. I never suffered so much during any cycling training/interval :D

In NY visiting family. Ate like a pig these las two days but holding steady at about 145lbs.

Ran 10.x miles this morning, and hope to get to the local gym to use their spin bikes.

My life is just a string of training failures.

oh my, 1/8th of an inch! the bread and milk must be sold out at krogers.

Bread, milk, cigarettes, and lottery tickets.

I'm Dreaming of a White (interspersed with a lot of green from the lawn) Christmas.:)

I used to live in Illinois and I would bike commute in that. However I was living in an area where most (but not all) people knew how to drive in those conditions. In Tennessee I would be more concerned about getting creamed by an out of control car than staying upright with that dusting of snow on the pavement.

Yeah, that is a concern of mine on sunny days in the mid 70's. Back on topic, I lost .3 w/kg today.

did you have it in a crepe with bananas? That's a good way of consuming nutella.....

A friend made homemade nutella for me as an xmas gift. I had some with a banana. I think I had more nutella than banana, but it's is freaking incredible...

Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, cookies, and pie yesterday. Homemade cinnamon rolls, bacon, and eggs this morning. Prime rib, potatoes, and cake tonight. I cut my ride short yesterday and didn't ride today. Yup.

Instead of putting in an LSD ride in the drizzle, I walked the in-laws dog for an hour.

This kind of mediocrity has been a consistent theme for December.

Yep, a scorcher here today. http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee312/king-tony/X-mas2010062.jpg

I feel for ya.. I'm shaking in my boots looking at all this snow.
I can't remember the day when it was actually not snow covered here in this god forsaken area. Only rideable with a CX bike lately. :notamused:

A friend made homemade nutella for me as an xmas gift. I had some with a banana. I think I had more nutella than banana, but it's is freaking incredible...

Homemade nutella??? Recipe please, thank you.

I'll ask her.

It was creamier, had a little bit more texture to it because of the nuts, but my friend and I LOVED it.
I owe her some indian dessert that my mom sent up with my little sister because she's been itching to try some of it!

It's raining, 39 F, wind is howling, 17 hours on the bike so far this week and I'm tired, and the team ride leaves in 35 minutes. Pretty safe to say that no matter what I do it will be a failure.

A friend made homemade nutella for me as an xmas gift. I had some with a banana. I think I had more nutella than banana, but it's is freaking incredible...

sounds awesome. I used to love getting crepes w/ banana&nutella when I was in Paris; I'd get one and spend the rest of the day walking everywhere.

my riding cant keep up with my holiday eating. i tried, but the eating wins. EATING FTW!

i did get outside twice this week though.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs376.ash2/65448_1629351187337_1643321457_1463365_283539_n.jpg

both efforts too short and a bit sketch. later.

It's raining, 39 F, wind is howling, 17 hours on the bike so far this week and I'm tired, and the team ride leaves in 35 minutes. Pretty safe to say that no matter what I do it will be a failure.

Dressed and showed up for team ride. Rain turned to snow flurries. Was hoping nobody else would show up. 9:30 rolled around and I'm the only one there. Team mate showed up at 9:32. Another one about 2 minutes later.

Decided to be prudent and turned my ride into a one hour recovery ride.

Too many chores, three trips coming up in the next 12 weeks, and one of them could be over a month. Motivation is low, because I feel like my racing season is being disassembled.

I rolled out at 29*..got home it was 37*.

My workout was:
30m warm up
60m SST
30m low tempo
30m at FTP
15m recover
30m FTP
15m recover
60m at high tempo with the last 30m mixed with some hard efforts on the hills.

I failed. After the last 30m FTP effort I my legs just hurt. I'm going to blame it on my inconsistent training in December but it could have been the cold..my feet are still numb as is my nose.

2671 kj
247 TSS.

That TSS should have been over 300 and my kj should have been over 3000.

I rolled out at 29*..got home it was 37*.

My workout was:
30m warm up
60m SST
30m low tempo
30m at FTP
15m recover
30m FTP
15m recover
60m at high tempo with the last 30m mixed with some hard efforts on the hills.

I failed. After the last 30m FTP effort I my legs just hurt. I'm going to blame it on my inconsistent training in December but it could have been the cold..my feet are still numb as is my nose.

2671 kj
247 TSS.

That TSS should have been over 300 and my kj should have been over 3000.

Are we supposed to feel bad for you ? Some of us are lucky to be riding at all, let alone following some sort of plan. :crash:

Are we supposed to feel bad for you ?

Yes.

I rolled out at 29*..got home it was 37*.

My workout was:
30m warm up
60m SST
30m low tempo
30m at FTP
15m recover
30m FTP
15m recover
60m at high tempo with the last 30m mixed with some hard efforts on the hills.

I failed. After the last 30m FTP effort I my legs just hurt. I'm going to blame it on my inconsistent training in December but it could have been the cold..my feet are still numb as is my nose.

2671 kj
247 TSS.

That TSS should have been over 300 and my kj should have been over 3000.

why don't you cry yourself a river while you are at it

why did it just dawn on me that El Red Devil is a whinger, as well as a wuss?

Does fudge have calories if it's just the stuff scraped from around the edges of the container ? (Not an actual "piece" of fudge)