Cycling Workouts: Discussion/Encouragement/Sharing/Banter

[Ming the Merciless]

Just replaced my rear tubeless tyre. Any sign of the wear indicators are long gone! Did rim tape whilst I was at it. The miles accumulate quickly over the summer months if your events are ultra distance. Recovery spin after lunch.

 

[Norry1]

With hillclimb season well upon us, I decided that, although I'm over(racing)weight and underfit, I'm going to put a little bit of effort into a few events. I did Anaerobic Blasts on Zwift on Saturday night, which looks straightforward enough - just 6no 30s efforts, seemingly well-spaced, at 'only' 650W.

https://whatsonzwift.com/workouts/le-col-training-with-legends/fabian-cancellara-anaerobic-blasts

They're not short and sharp enough to warrant sim mode so I went erg and the first two felt okay... on the third and fourth, I got a bit of a cadence-dropping death spiral going on, and I dropped the target power on the last two down to 600W, which was just-about manageable.

I'm defending my club HC title on Thursday night - I set a course record of 2:16 last year (540W), but that's going to be tough to match!

Good luck on Thursday

I did Burton Dassett HC on Sunday - and it is Edge Hill on 20th if you fancy doing it again.

 

[Legs]

Cheers Martin. I hated Edge Hill when I rode it two years ago! I've actually entered an open event at Hardwick Hall (a sub-two-minute blast) for 20 September instead, with a view to entering Monsal (4 October) if that goes well. Coventry CC are doing the club events on Burton Dassett long course and Edge Hill again on 3 October... we'll see!

I'm not going to do Nationals this year - 4 miles on Porlock Toll Road is not really my scene - I'm not sure my FTP is even 3.5w/kg at the moment.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Today marks the end of any build work for 26. Got an event over weekend, then I will have some time away from structure. Then into base training plus strength build through the winter. Been a long season this year.

 

[Norry1]

Today marks the end of any build work for 26. Got an event over weekend, then I will have some time away from structure. Then into base training plus strength build through the winter. Been a long season this year.

Do you do any formal or informal overall review of your season vs the aims at the start of the year?

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Do you do any formal or informal overall review of your season vs the aims at the start of the year?

Informally I review each event as they are happening and after. Do not really do a yearly review. But summary for this year would be everything completed as planned; still need to pay attention to eating and drinking and not push it out too much.

A reminder from the weekend event. You get 12 hours of darkness in late September. Remember that next time you plan to enter a Seotember event that will go through the night…

Now for some time away from structure before easing into base building for next year.

 

[HLaB]

I can't believe Im actually looking forwards to indoor training in the evenings.
I had a good 70 miles session with a mate in the daylight and enjoyed that, circa 5mins on, 5mins off, with a good cafe stop half way.

The evening was a 30miles 4up pace line, circa 2mins on and 6mins off but not that well structured. I could probably do with some more structure, I am a social addict too though :-/

I took today off and plan my first proper indoor workout for a while tomorrow evening, as long as nobody asks me for a group ride.