Remember. ERG mode is the devil. Don’t say I didn’t warn you!

I skipped Sunday's ride, because I'd already ridden about 30+ miles each of the previous 4 days, and my legs were a little stiff. Monday, it was raining so I Zwifted. I felt "off". First, my legs were still sore, and second, they didn't seem to have much 'snap'. It felt like I was having to put out 50 W more effort for the same power. Also, it kind of felt like my HR wasn't as responsive as usual.

Before COVID, I'd have put it down to "One of those days when the legs just don't have it", but now I find myself wondering, "Did I have 'IT'?"

Eternal Hypervigilance is the price of pandemics.

putting a mask on to enter a store and having to wear it for a minimal amount of time doesn’t bother me. Wearing a mask non stop for 6 plus hours I get a nasty head ache.

I like it, but I’ve only really dabbled with it in my zone 2 workouts.

I do workouts in erg mode at least once a week.

Its brutal at or above FTP

You have more HTFU than me. Kudos!

I find it's about the only way for me to stay in the power zone I'm supposed to be in. I like it because I don't have to think. All I have to do is push the pedals, and on some of the workouts that's all I can do by the end of the last set.

It works okay for hard efforts of 30 seconds or longer, but I understand it's a real problem for 10-20 second all out efforts - response is too slow. I generally find it takes 3 seconds to change from one power level to the next. I tried to do a Tabata workout without Erg mode and I kept over- and undershooting the power. Drove me nuts. If it would allow you to set it up so Erg mode turns off for the sprint but back on for the spin in between that might work.

Already closed schools. LOL

We are expecting about 2 inches tomorrow night. Yawn.

Nah.

This. If free riding feels better it's because you're not really doing the workout as specified.

Yes.

all of mine are

Don’t sell yourself short.

A total of 26 people living in a duplex owned by the Philadelphia Housing Authority. Inspection last spring found the smoke detectors working. Early word is that the ones in the upper unit were not when the fire started. Fourteen dead so far. Seven are children. Two other people hospitalized. Some lawyers are probably licking their chops right now.


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Absence of pain implies absence of gain, you might say.

…if the workout is right.

Horrible.

Programming note: KEXP's 50th birthday is today, and they're playing songs from 1972!!!

https://kexp.org/listen/

Charles Mingus spinning right now

Aww, I guess just that one show was all '72 action

Olde headline, but funny.

Same here. That's why it was so frustrating. When I said anything it was just dismissed out if hand as if "I just don't get it".
I get to give it another shot tomorrow, so far there's 2 of us. Well see how it goes.

DougRNS is going to get hot and bothered tomorrow when he sees this.

yes, all correct. Plus I did a calibration just before the ride. The thing that bothers me most is the first half of the ride was completely normal. Then like I said, as if a switch was thrown I was off the back...boom! Unless I used the rubber band feature and just pedaled slowly. If I tried to catch up my effort just became overbearing.so I sat 4 seconds back spinning about 100 watts. Until about 5 minutes to go when suddenly I accelerated without any effort and caught the group and actually passed them while putting out 0 effort.
It has something to do with that stupid rubber band I'm sure of it.

try it. you might like it.

I'm running it on Apple TV now but I've had issues in the past on my laptop too. It's a brand new install only about 3 or 4 weeks old. When I ride alone it's fine no problems at all. I did 30 minutes on my own directly after yesterday's ride and it was 100% fine. It only does this stuff with the group ride thing happening. I just don't know why it singles me out.