aaronmcd

66 miles and 5000 ft this morning on the long way to the office. I hate waking up early, but the ride is worth it.

TheKillerPenguin

Easy spin today. I even cut 1.5hrs off of yesterday because I did not feel tip top. Making sensible decisions is annoying, I want my damn endorphin fix.

grolby

Woke up with post nasal drip and a scratchy throat. Damn it this better be allergies and not a cold coming on.

cb3

Give it the ole' DayQuil NyQuil overdose for 24 hours!

Going to que up another sufferfest workout tonight to dig the hole a little bit deeper before going out of town for a few days. Actually can't wait for a day completely off!

Wylde06

3 hours on the TT bike. Next 2 days easy, then 9.1 mile TT on Tuesday

scheibo

Been distracted with work lately, but I've signed up to do a road race with a bunch of climbing in 2 weeks so I did 3 hours at a steady tempo to try and atone for my lack of workouts and gauge where I actually am. Good ride, but I've been trying not to overthink my weight (haven't touched a scale since last November) and its hard when I see stuff like this:. I was apparently 63.9 kg when I climbed that in July, I'm evidently not that now.

tetonrider

gila?

tetonrider

3% difference in speed.

weight could be different. power meter could have been within spec but high one day and low the other. wind/weather/humidity. pacing (assuming it wasn't a constant grade).

or some combination.

maybe not to worry?

globecanvas

Moved my cleats forward 1cm yesterday and just noticed that I set a 10-15 second power PR, at the end of a 2 hour, 0.80 IF fast ride. And that was riding with -20 TSB.

I'm deeply suspicious of any magic bullet type improvements or fixes, but those numbers certainly caught my eye!


[edit] I didn't move the saddle at all. Thinking about this, by moving the cleats and not the saddle, I suppose I effectively lowered the saddle height and moved it back. I don't think this affects the high end power gains as that was out of the saddle, but it does mean that everything about the fit is sort of in flux.

spdntrxi

cleats have always been very forward for me... mainly to reduce the amount of toe overlap I have

tetonrider

lowering the saddle, IME, means you recruit more glute. OOS/forward is more quad. could be your quads were more fresh at the end of the long ride.

but, yeah, every change affects multiple other aspects of fit. saddle-BB or even saddle-spindle didn't change, as you said, but saddle-pedal contact point did.

you can have lots of fun with that kind of experimentation. collect the data over the long-haul and see what works best.

mike868y

4 hours today. a soft 3*20' set then 5*slightly uphill sprints.

19 hours for the week (a lot of junk commuting miles in there).

grolby

Like, 30 minutes of spinning around the neighborhood, roads and trails through the reservation.

Harlan

Yeah, coffee shop ride today. Couple hours of easy did the legs some good.

crazyarm07

1 hour with the fiancee as easy as I could make it. 22 tss. Stopped for pizza mid-ride. That's what I call good training.

caloso

Easy hour ride around town with my son. It's the best ride of the week.

TheKillerPenguin

Good golly, I am entirely empty. I will be taking 2 days off in a row for the first time since like early November.

hubcyclist

training status: a joke. had a fun week of vacationing, but riding was limited to the hybrid and towing a trailer. on the plus side, i think it sparked more of an interest in riding for my wife, so much so that she's finally considering something new to replace her 20+ y/o mtn bike.

we're kind of committing ourselves to a relay duathlon (where I run 2 5ks and she does a 17mi ride in between the runs), so I've got to get some running legs back and get a sense of what I can actually do long term (I know I can run around ~7min/mile but don't know what my limit for that pace is). So I may have to go hang around slowtwitch instead of here lol

crazyarm07

2x20min @ 100% tonight. Hurt, but not as much as I expected it to....i.e. I wasn't actively hoping to die by the end. Might be time for another test.

TheKillerPenguin

Nice, but instead of a retest why not first add on a 3rd 20min interval at the same wattage?

crazyarm07

Not a bad idea, I hadn't even thought of it. I may do that next go round.

cb3

Finally done with all the travel. Back on the bike last night. 55 minute TrainerRoad workout - 67 tss. Felt pretty good despite flying earlier that day. Looking forward to a solid month of training before the next race

TheKillerPenguin

Day 2 of 2 without a bike. I have gained 30 pounds and all my fitness is gone.

Corbah

One possible explanation could be you're just engaging maybe a few fresher muscles -- even if they're just stabilizing. I can always hit 15-60 second PRs when super fresh.

mike868y

1:55 on the rollers with 10*2', 2' recovery. brutal.

is it weird that i don't hate the rollers for interval rides?