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Old 04-23-10, 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted by dhale50
Do you guys do most of your structured intervals on the trainer? (2x20's, 5x5's, etc..) I am finding in incredibly difficult to do them outside with the PM. The terrain is always changing, power jumps all over the place (1 minute I am doing 375w up a short incline, next minute 150w descending), and I can't get a hold on whether or not I did, say, a 1 hour effort at 90% until I get home and download. It's like a crap shoot.
It takes some practice but it is possible to smooth a lot of that out. You just need to work on restraining yourself on the hills and keeping the gas on the descents.
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