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Old 04-29-12 | 12:56 PM
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3 hrs z2 today, first day this year I could have either used a water stop or an extra bottle (for that length of ride) as the last 30 minutes were pretty hot :O. Nice end to my recovery week though, rounding out the week at 7:10 and 216 TSS.
Is that a normal recovery TSS?

Dang, my recovery weeks need to be easier..
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Old 04-29-12 | 12:56 PM
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Another 2hrs plus...This time solo...Legs are letting me know I had 2wks off...OMG how quickly you lose fitness at 45...IF of .65 is killer

I'll be taking tomorrow off, looks wet anyway...
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Old 04-29-12 | 01:29 PM
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Unfortunately I'm not going to be able to make it out this year as school got pretty bad mid semester.
No surprise. I heard that you are taking a class from that jerk in Mechanical and Aerospace with a beard.

Sorry to hear that you can't make Ogden. That course would suit you well.
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Old 04-29-12 | 01:32 PM
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Originally Posted by HMF
Is that a normal recovery TSS?

Dang, my recovery weeks need to be easier..
Veloboy does it "pro" style. His easy weeks are super easy. His hard weeks are impossible. I have only mastered the easy week part of the training regimen.
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Old 04-29-12 | 01:50 PM
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Originally Posted by HMF
Is that a normal recovery TSS?

Dang, my recovery weeks need to be easier..
Not normally that easy usually around 300, but I was feeling pretty fatigued going into it and since I didn't have a race on the tail end of it I figured what the heck, I'm gonna take it really ez
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Old 04-29-12 | 01:51 PM
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No surprise. I heard that you are taking a class from that jerk in Mechanical and Aerospace with a beard.

Sorry to hear that you can't make Ogden. That course would suit you well.
LOL! Yeh it was a hard hard decision to make but taking all these exams on their scheduled date is bad enough, having to worry about taking any of them early is something I didn't want to deal with
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Old 04-29-12 | 02:47 PM
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Legs had a lot of trouble driving HR where I targeted..... Way more tired now than I should be after a ride like this.
Get some rest.
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Old 04-29-12 | 03:20 PM
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Sprint intervals - they sucked.
Then to the gym for back biceps.
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Old 04-30-12 | 06:04 AM
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Yesterday, hill repeats on an overpass in 90F weather. Damn, it's not even May.
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Old 04-30-12 | 07:11 AM
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Yesterday, hill repeats on an overpass in 90F weather. Damn, it's not even May.
I agree, 89 degrees yesterday, medium humidity and stupid ass wind.
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Old 04-30-12 | 10:30 AM
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Originally Posted by kensuf
Yesterday, hill repeats on an overpass in 90F weather. Damn, it's not even May.
Spwinta workout????

47 min recovery ride this morning, now studying intervals the rest of the day...ugh.
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Old 04-30-12 | 10:45 AM
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Three or so miles of walking yesterday, including some hill climbs in the city. It was a good way to stretch the legs after the 91 mile RR on Saturday.

And the beef curry Hom Bow(?) I had really hit the spot!
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Old 04-30-12 | 10:47 AM
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Three or so miles of walking yesterday, including some hill climbs in the city. It was a good way to stretch the legs after the 91 mile RR on Saturday.

And the beef curry Hom Bow(?) I had really hit the spot!
MMmmmmmmmmmmmmmm - my wife is West Indian so her family makes a variety of curry dishes, yummy!
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Old 04-30-12 | 01:44 PM
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Originally Posted by kensuf
Yesterday, hill repeats on an overpass in 90F weather. Damn, it's not even May.
39th Ave over I-75 from the west from a stop at the bottom? That is the only one I can think of that is like a hill repeat around here. Kind of short though, but enough to get your legs good and toasty if you hit it hard.

I think that I might be going to western NC in late June for a week with the family. I will most definitely take a "climbing weapon of choice" ... er ... oops ... I mean "a bicycle" with me if we actually go. I've done that before and there is some great climbing to be had around there.
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Old 04-30-12 | 02:06 PM
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Anyone live in San Antonio?
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Old 04-30-12 | 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by mollusk
39th Ave over I-75 from the west from a stop at the bottom? That is the only one I can think of that is like a hill repeat around here. Kind of short though, but enough to get your legs good and toasty if you hit it hard.

I think that I might be going to western NC in late June for a week with the family. I will most definitely take a "climbing weapon of choice" ... er ... oops ... I mean "a bicycle" with me if we actually go. I've done that before and there is some great climbing to be had around there.
Millhopper. It's actually an interesting one because the first section is short and steep, then you recover for ~3 seconds before hitting the next section. Just try drilling it as hard as you can sometime, you'll see what I'm talking about.

I-75 and 39th is more of a grinder. Too long to really be a super power climb.
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Old 04-30-12 | 02:38 PM
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Anyone live in San Antonio?

Houston for me.
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Old 04-30-12 | 02:41 PM
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Originally Posted by kensuf
Millhopper. It's actually an interesting one because the first section is short and steep, then you recover for ~3 seconds before hitting the next section. Just try drilling it as hard as you can sometime, you'll see what I'm talking about.

I-75 and 39th is more of a grinder. Too long to really be a super power climb.
Hey, you just need "super power" a wee bit longer!

I can see what you are saying. I have ridden Millhopper into town about a gazillion times and know it well. A few of those times it was pegging the needle, so I know what you mean. If I lived on that side of town I might consider doing some double repeats up the next hill to work on quick recovery and learning to meter hard efforts recognising that second one was coming up soon (bridge, catch, counter launches soon after).
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Old 04-30-12 | 04:51 PM
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1.5 hours of z1. major tss today a total of 22!
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Old 04-30-12 | 08:11 PM
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1.5 hours of z1. major tss today a total of 22!
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J/k You little punk. Good to see that you understand a rest day.
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Old 04-30-12 | 08:21 PM
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J/k You little punk. Good to see that you understand a rest day.
fool , every day would be a rest day if i didn't have to race my bike. im a fat, slow, lazy and genuinely lethargic kid.
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Old 05-01-12 | 08:20 AM
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last night was supposed to be a hard ride for me... a buddy asked me to go out and go easy with him so I said sure

we averaged 30 kmph over rolling terrain and a low Zone 3

not such an easy ride
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Old 05-01-12 | 02:58 PM
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5x4x2 that required strong will from the middle of the second interval forward. I was in my redlining-zone based on hr for the last half -- 2 minutes -- of the last interval, but, did not waver and punched it out. Is that adaptation?
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Old 05-01-12 | 03:39 PM
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2hrs z2. 86tss
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Old 05-01-12 | 03:50 PM
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Workout 1 - 45 minutes of hill repeats
Workout 2 - 1:00 of tempo OR leg destruction (not sure yet)
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