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I need to back off intensity for a couple of weeks and focus on duration.
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Keep in mind that the moderators *really* wanted to move this thread to foo when it was started two years ago. It was sold as *road racer lifestyle thread*; that in having our own place to socialize and talk about the myriad other aspects of our lives that effect our racing, we were supporting one another in a sport that wasn't just about racing and training.
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It's been two years already? My how the time flies.
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Even at 135 lbs and very fit I couldn't climb that well. At 105-110 lbs but not as fit I got shelled quickly.
Anyway my feeling on withholdings is that I understand my limitations and I'm better off with a decent withholding rather than paying the whole thing quarterly. I also have auto-transfers each month into various accounts so I don't have to do it consciously. I've learned that I seem to live within my perceived budget and if I hide some of it I save more.
Therefore I understand the self-ban thing.
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I belong to a motorcycle racing forum. It's pretty much what you would expect it to be like in the cold pits at a race track. Pretty much anything goes except outright attacks and nudity. The mods let threads snowball for their own amusement. People beg for a thread they started to be closed on occasion. The politics and religion subforum there tolerates everything except personal attacks.
I too don't understand why Trollheim is allowed to exist here, but it's not my forum, I don't make the rules, and I don't post there.
I too don't understand why Trollheim is allowed to exist here, but it's not my forum, I don't make the rules, and I don't post there.
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I only did 1 20 minute test last year. It was on the road, and I used that to estimate a rough FTP number.
Do most people do it on a trainer to eliminate all the outside variables ?
I was using a PowerTap last year, but not in a very structured way.... just logging output during training, but not doing much with it.
Do most people do it on a trainer to eliminate all the outside variables ?
I was using a PowerTap last year, but not in a very structured way.... just logging output during training, but not doing much with it.
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I only did 1 20 minute test last year. It was on the road, and I used that to estimate a rough FTP number.
Do most people do it on a trainer to eliminate all the outside variables ?
I was using a PowerTap last year, but not in a very structured way.... just logging output during training, but not doing much with it.
Do most people do it on a trainer to eliminate all the outside variables ?
I was using a PowerTap last year, but not in a very structured way.... just logging output during training, but not doing much with it.
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I only did 1 20 minute test last year. It was on the road, and I used that to estimate a rough FTP number.
Do most people do it on a trainer to eliminate all the outside variables ?
I was using a PowerTap last year, but not in a very structured way.... just logging output during training, but not doing much with it.
Do most people do it on a trainer to eliminate all the outside variables ?
I was using a PowerTap last year, but not in a very structured way.... just logging output during training, but not doing much with it.
This means I can do all the comparisons - speed/hr/power/cadence/etc. I do most of my other solid intervals here because there's no where else I can do something without stopping for stoplights.
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It seems to me that the 8 minute test is too heavily dependent on your AWC to really be of that much use to determine FTP. Having said that, for general fitness work, it's probably close enough to get going on and it's easier for inexperienced people to wrap their heads around 8 minutes of work rather than 20.
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These things happen in real life too. Folks come and go. We intermingle with those we like. Sometimes we're stuck in situations with folks (work, often) we can't stand. For the most part social norms dictate that we act with some element of decorum. When we don't there tend to be social or work related repercussions. Reap what you sow.
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I'm looking for a basket weaving forum.
The Divorce forum I'm in is actually a little lamer than this place.
The Divorce forum I'm in is actually a little lamer than this place.
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I only did 1 20 minute test last year. It was on the road, and I used that to estimate a rough FTP number.
Do most people do it on a trainer to eliminate all the outside variables ?
I was using a PowerTap last year, but not in a very structured way.... just logging output during training, but not doing much with it.
Do most people do it on a trainer to eliminate all the outside variables ?
I was using a PowerTap last year, but not in a very structured way.... just logging output during training, but not doing much with it.
i would like the answer to this too, i'm in the process of getting myself a powertap, and i cant see how i could go "all out" on the road around here, seems like you could put much more focused on a trainer, or even rollers?
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I only did 1 20 minute test last year. It was on the road, and I used that to estimate a rough FTP number.
Do most people do it on a trainer to eliminate all the outside variables ?
I was using a PowerTap last year, but not in a very structured way.... just logging output during training, but not doing much with it.
Do most people do it on a trainer to eliminate all the outside variables ?
I was using a PowerTap last year, but not in a very structured way.... just logging output during training, but not doing much with it.
All of mine were on rolling hills (out near guilford). That's the only place where I could hit it hard for 20mins without any stop lights, etc. I love that patch of road.
Realize that the bumps and flat patches aren't confounding variables, but variables that help you get closer to the 'real world' than is possible on a trainer
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I have a 10 mile stretch of road I used last year for the 20 min that's basically a slight uphill, with a few shorter steeper sections. There is one traffic light though, so it's about 50/50 chance of green.
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OK, it's almost time for me to get the party started. Banana or gel, always the tough questions.
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I love Disney World. Been there twice now. 2008 & 2010. Never went as a kid. My 10 year old daughter and I are ready to go back again but my wife not so much. You can tell who's the adult in this family
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stole your bike
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