First real intervals of the season
04-09-07, 11:01 PM
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First real intervals of the season
oh my lungs. i forgot how difficult these are. I've already done 9 races this season where i've ridden at ~190 bpm sustained over 5 minutes, crits, tt's, mtb races, but that was meager compared to the 4x5's I TRIED to do today (1:1 intensity with recovery). Warmed up for about 30 minutes and felt ok. Rode up a local 1m climb that's probably around 4 or 5% that i've done in excess of 100 times. Oh the pain! Keeping my HR at 180bpm was a suffer fest, and as I got to the 4th one I was dying at 176bpm. I couldn't bear to do the last one so I spun home. My TT HR is around 183bpm, so I was having difficulty riding above threashold...
I did 70 minutes of intensity on Saturday followed by drinking until 6am that day, so i think this may account for some of the pain.
my lungs.. my lungs feel like that first time when you were 15 and took a hit off of a 4 foot bong named "tiny" and coughed for an hour afterwards : )
I hope this get easier, or I hope I manage them better. Stage race this weekend : )
I did 70 minutes of intensity on Saturday followed by drinking until 6am that day, so i think this may account for some of the pain.
my lungs.. my lungs feel like that first time when you were 15 and took a hit off of a 4 foot bong named "tiny" and coughed for an hour afterwards : )
I hope this get easier, or I hope I manage them better. Stage race this weekend : )
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Just kinda curious what training program you're on where you start the intervals after the 9th race?
04-10-07, 06:42 AM
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Good job getting them started. Gotta start some time.
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Originally Posted by merlinextraligh
Just kinda curious what training program you're on where you start the intervals after the 9th race?
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Originally Posted by waterrockets
Good job getting them started. Gotta start some time.
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The season starts in February here (arizona), and since I've barely started riding in December I don't have much time between base and racing. I'll be racing and doing intervals through October, so I'm not in a terrible rush to get a lot of intensity done now. 2 or 3 days a week in succession to train for stage races.
