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Strength work today. Getting into the routine of it again.
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ivegotabike
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I think the other place in H le H, the Old Forge, is intending to stay open through the whole winter, but is closed on Tuesday and Wednesday.
We made the mistake of going to Hawnby post office cafe on a Wednesday this summer to find it doesn’t open on Wednesday. By the time we got to the cafe in Helmsley I’d done 62 miles
HLaB
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A short Z2 workout (Volunteer) was in my calendar tonight.
On review, my HR was slightly higher than I would have liked but maybe that was a combination of doing most of it in the TT position at high cadence with 1 fan and the bug I've just about got rid of.
On review, my HR was slightly higher than I would have liked but maybe that was a combination of doing most of it in the TT position at high cadence with 1 fan and the bug I've just about got rid of.
HLaB
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Most of my mates were away today, except a bloke I was meeting at the cafe. So after a foggy ride to the ride meet point on the off chance someone turned up I loaded up a mixed interval (Electra). The sun was supposed to start emerging at 9am, it never did!
My mate had things to do, so it was a solo ride home and I loaded up Electra again.
Needless to say the in ride photos are not up to much!
My mate had things to do, so it was a solo ride home and I loaded up Electra again.
Needless to say the in ride photos are not up to much!
HLaB
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Another not so Sweet, Sweet Spot session tonight (an SS session is probably an apt abbreviation). Having said that I think it went well and the majority of it I was able to do in the TT position without overheating thanks to the Pain Hall being a good temperature. As its easier to see in the intervals chart though as time went on my cadence fell as I came up for drink ever 2.5-3mins
HLaB
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The Mid week Z1/2 session in my masters plan tonight. One of those nights though!
The first Z2 interval was really easy and the following Z1 and Z2 intervals were a bit tedious. Then bang without me noticing I'd gassed up (the joys of having had colon/ bowel surgery years ago) and the final Z1 interval actually felt moderate (I was glad it was only Z1 at that point). Let some gas out of my stomach and the last Z2 interval actually seemed easier than the preceding Z1 interval.
The first Z2 interval was really easy and the following Z1 and Z2 intervals were a bit tedious. Then bang without me noticing I'd gassed up (the joys of having had colon/ bowel surgery years ago) and the final Z1 interval actually felt moderate (I was glad it was only Z1 at that point). Let some gas out of my stomach and the last Z2 interval actually seemed easier than the preceding Z1 interval.
HLaB
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No spin tonight but I did it, so I marked tonights SS workout as very hard. I think my stomach still wasn't right from last night 😕
On a night like tonight though I think intervals.icu is more accurate with my FTP prediction than the 262w predicted by TrainerRoad.
On a night like tonight though I think intervals.icu is more accurate with my FTP prediction than the 262w predicted by TrainerRoad.
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An endurance ride today, with tempo at the end, once the legs have some fatigue.
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HLaB
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A short easy Z2 workout was in my calendar tonight. My stomach finally cleared earlier so I was spinny and it felt easy like it should.
ivegotabike
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Fridays are currently a 1 hour TrainerDay HR+ workout, with the HR target set at 128bpm for 50 mins, then 5 mins at 132bpm (to sneak a bit of data for the intervals Power / HR Z2 chart), then 5 mins cooldown. It is usually a nice steady hour.
I've seen flatter lines on the resulting chart in other weeks, but today's was reasonable.
I've seen flatter lines on the resulting chart in other weeks, but today's was reasonable.
HLaB
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I don't if I could stomach 1h flat these days. TrainerRoad's workouts tend to have variable intervals and cadence targets to break up the monotony, but even then I'll still get bored 😂
ivegotabike
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Youtube is my distraction.
Wednesday is currently the 2 hour version!
Wednesday is currently the 2 hour version!
HLaB
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Tonight was the first VO2 Max workout in my new plan and a weird way I was looking forward to it. I don't think I was spinny enough (too much trapped wind 
) and muscled through some intervals at a lower cadence (especially after a couple of interval in the 2nd block). I think a faster spin would have raised my HR more and got me into the proper VO2 max zone more (according to my HR Strap/ computer I was only there 73s, or 2% of the time). Powerwise I was more there or above (12.5mins or 20% of the time).
) and muscled through some intervals at a lower cadence (especially after a couple of interval in the 2nd block). I think a faster spin would have raised my HR more and got me into the proper VO2 max zone more (according to my HR Strap/ computer I was only there 73s, or 2% of the time). Powerwise I was more there or above (12.5mins or 20% of the time).
