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I definitely couldn't make zwift racing a routine part of my training, I've done 2 weeks of it and don't find it super motivating to go out and constantly smash it, I like my intervals and rest between them lol.
But I did a 3hr z2 session on the trainer on saturday, and wanted to do another 3hrs yesterday but got texted by my wife 1:40 into the ride that we had to get ready to go to a time slot she had booked for us to go to. Boo. Stuff like that is a big reason why, as much as I'd like to try doing like 4-5hrs on the trainer, I just don't have time to routinely do it, 2hrs with sweet spot is like the ideal balance for me.
We went hiking on Saturday just up the street from us, we're trying to make hiking more of a thing, and seeing a bunch of people on MTBs having fun made me want to get into that. Not sure how much I'd use it, although I'd have no excuse being quite literally a 5min ride away. MTB is a rabbit hole I'm not prepared to go down, mainly from a cost perspective, unlike road there seems to be way too much compromise in quality/function on the lower end.
But I did a 3hr z2 session on the trainer on saturday, and wanted to do another 3hrs yesterday but got texted by my wife 1:40 into the ride that we had to get ready to go to a time slot she had booked for us to go to. Boo. Stuff like that is a big reason why, as much as I'd like to try doing like 4-5hrs on the trainer, I just don't have time to routinely do it, 2hrs with sweet spot is like the ideal balance for me.
We went hiking on Saturday just up the street from us, we're trying to make hiking more of a thing, and seeing a bunch of people on MTBs having fun made me want to get into that. Not sure how much I'd use it, although I'd have no excuse being quite literally a 5min ride away. MTB is a rabbit hole I'm not prepared to go down, mainly from a cost perspective, unlike road there seems to be way too much compromise in quality/function on the lower end.
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I'm on my pre-base blast week. CTL at like 65, usually tops at at 100 in Jan/Feb. I like to hit the legs with 17+ hours 'out of the woodwork' in late October before being lazy another week, then starting training for real in November with a more sustainble ~12-14 hr/week (avg) 3 week block. No way I could sustain 17 rn. But I should be able to for a week.
My wrist is still kinda screwed up so it will be largely indoor (boo). But I should have some outside time tomorrow at the track, Friday on the TT bike and I'm thinking I'll be good for 3 hrs outdoor on the road bike on Sunday to cap it off. I'm being patient with it.
Here's what I'm thinking:
M (this morning) 2 hrs of Zwift with two ~24 min climbs at SST (epic KOM)
T: 1 hr total with Zwift warmup then some 3k pursuit efforts on the motor
W: 5 hrs indoor Zwift (yikes)
Th: off
F: 2 hours, Zwift warmup early (untill it's light out) then I'll head down to Fiesta for 1x20' at SST, more time in position on the way out and back at z1/2
S: 4 hrs Zwift (still yikes)
Su: 3 hrs outdoor
My wrist is still kinda screwed up so it will be largely indoor (boo). But I should have some outside time tomorrow at the track, Friday on the TT bike and I'm thinking I'll be good for 3 hrs outdoor on the road bike on Sunday to cap it off. I'm being patient with it.
Here's what I'm thinking:
M (this morning) 2 hrs of Zwift with two ~24 min climbs at SST (epic KOM)
T: 1 hr total with Zwift warmup then some 3k pursuit efforts on the motor
W: 5 hrs indoor Zwift (yikes)
Th: off
F: 2 hours, Zwift warmup early (untill it's light out) then I'll head down to Fiesta for 1x20' at SST, more time in position on the way out and back at z1/2
S: 4 hrs Zwift (still yikes)
Su: 3 hrs outdoor
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100k Zwift ride, 400 at the start. The problem is you're in a group so your think that all is okay. Well, apparently the main group hammered at the start and left about 200 of us. I pretty much TT'ed for an hour, until I gave up.
Zwift then crashed at the end. Apparently its broken if you have it set in Spanish.
Zwift then crashed at the end. Apparently its broken if you have it set in Spanish.
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Felt good today so went out a bit hard on some hills that I thought I could pr on.
Turns out I forgot to start the wahoo for 14 of my 32 miles. I got 2nd best times on the same climbs on the second loop around. I'm 99%sure I was a bunch faster the first time through. Mostly bummed because I missed the data.
Knee feels decent though so ill take it. Might start riding alternate days for now with yoga on the other days to get some recovery.
Also swapped from a 130 to a 120 stem and feel so much better. It's one of the ritchey 260 stems so it was a biyatch to install. Never had to look at installation instructions for a stem before.
Pretty happy with position for now. May need to move left cleat back because my Achilles feels like it's working a bit too hard.
Turns out I forgot to start the wahoo for 14 of my 32 miles. I got 2nd best times on the same climbs on the second loop around. I'm 99%sure I was a bunch faster the first time through. Mostly bummed because I missed the data.
Knee feels decent though so ill take it. Might start riding alternate days for now with yoga on the other days to get some recovery.
Also swapped from a 130 to a 120 stem and feel so much better. It's one of the ritchey 260 stems so it was a biyatch to install. Never had to look at installation instructions for a stem before.
Pretty happy with position for now. May need to move left cleat back because my Achilles feels like it's working a bit too hard.
Looked at the recorded 1:15 end for the ride yesterday and the average wattage etc was higher than for the 1:30 shorter ride on the same loop. Now I really wish I had that data lol. Guess I need to go out and hammer that ride when I'm back in philly in 2 weeks.
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Another zwift race for me today, 48mins with IF of 0.93, a little lower than some other recent efforts. It was a combined category start and it started off really fast (or I didn't put enough power in), had to put in a good 30 sec effort to close a pretty big gap to the main group once, was dangling at the rear for a bit and didn't catch the main group separating from some others in front of me so I ended up in a grupetto the rest of the way, picked off a few along the way but another larger group caught up and had a pretty big group toward the finish. I finished like 35/66 starters.
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It will be 3 weeks this Friday since I fell off my mtb. I've been trying to ride a little, went out Saturday and did a few thousand feet of climbing with some people which made the hip pain worse that night. Plus, I got dropped on one hill by a guy on an Eliptigo. Then a bumpy descent made the ribs hurt, especially when I slammed into a pothole.
Today I did 2 hours of mostly easy spinning and so far it doesn't hurt any worse than before I started. Never had the sense to stay off the bike when I should. I'm a fredly club rider but I've been trying to regain fitness since I retired last year and I felt like I had come back a bit and my friend who has been helping me says it's obvious to him that I have. Frustrating to have to give it back. Maybe I should take up hiking. I used to be pretty good at that.
Today I did 2 hours of mostly easy spinning and so far it doesn't hurt any worse than before I started. Never had the sense to stay off the bike when I should. I'm a fredly club rider but I've been trying to regain fitness since I retired last year and I felt like I had come back a bit and my friend who has been helping me says it's obvious to him that I have. Frustrating to have to give it back. Maybe I should take up hiking. I used to be pretty good at that.
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60min of endurance for me today, my son was on zwift next to me. He averaged "100w" for 60mins on a zwift race (he's not into racing but it's just something to engage his mind a bit). I think the z-power is in the neighborhood of real life because I average 90ish when we're out in the neighborhood together. Anyhow, I inadvertently made him a sandbagger in the D class because his w/kg is 3.2, which would make him a high C/low B lol
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5 x (3' + 3') VO2max intervals before work this morning. I remembered that there was a park where my kid used to have soccer practice. A little less than half a mile around, no traffic other than a few dog walkers, and no stop signs if I go clockwise. I think I found my own personal road velodrome.
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Couldn't snuff the 5 hrs of zwifting this morning. It was a combo of some solo riding while doing work email, a B-pace 3R group ride and some more climbing to get me closer to the Tron bike. Did Epic KOM twice.
Cut it 10 min early, mostly because I had time constraints. Took the day off and had appointments for a haircut and at the Verizon store.
Cut it 10 min early, mostly because I had time constraints. Took the day off and had appointments for a haircut and at the Verizon store.
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Moar zwift today, averaged 3.9w/kg (4w/kg normalized) for 52mins. It was a combined A-D field and it turns out I was in the bunch contending for 4th place in the B's at the final sprint, but I did little more than up my power to only about 500w and ended up 16th. Oh well lol The other thing is that I always end up wishing I had 11 speeds rather than my 8, because there are a lot of times when I'm on the 17t and feeling a little under powered (and maintaining high cadence) but going 15t would be a little too much power or too low cadence for my preference.
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Went for a 10mi PR before the weather gets slow for the season. Not the best prep by doing loads of sweetspot the last 4 days in a row. Whatever.
285w AP. I couldn't hold the 300 I wanted to. Almost did on the outbound into wind. Inbound with wind I went too easy on a faster section thinking I'd save it for the last little false flat. Saved too much.
Time, 22:38. Including the u-turn. There's very limited bump-free riding on this road. But, it's an easy parking spot from my work without driving way way out somewhere. I'd bet with a loop and good pavement next year I can get into the 21's.
Oh. Edit...22:38 = 26.6mph avg with uturn. Segments along way were about 26.8mph.
285w AP. I couldn't hold the 300 I wanted to. Almost did on the outbound into wind. Inbound with wind I went too easy on a faster section thinking I'd save it for the last little false flat. Saved too much.
Time, 22:38. Including the u-turn. There's very limited bump-free riding on this road. But, it's an easy parking spot from my work without driving way way out somewhere. I'd bet with a loop and good pavement next year I can get into the 21's.
Oh. Edit...22:38 = 26.6mph avg with uturn. Segments along way were about 26.8mph.
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Moar zwift today, averaged 3.9w/kg (4w/kg normalized) for 52mins. It was a combined A-D field and it turns out I was in the bunch contending for 4th place in the B's at the final sprint, but I did little more than up my power to only about 500w and ended up 16th. Oh well lol The other thing is that I always end up wishing I had 11 speeds rather than my 8, because there are a lot of times when I'm on the 17t and feeling a little under powered (and maintaining high cadence) but going 15t would be a little too much power or too low cadence for my preference.
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60 miles yesterday for my longest ride of the year.
144W AP, 174 NP, just a hair short of a 16mph average. 240 TSS. Everything after mile 50 was a huge drag and felt awful, but got 'er done.
Knee feels decent today. Foam rolled the F out of it after the ride.
Might raise the saddle up a little more. My natural cadence is a lot better with the seat set up more forward. I'll test it out on the kickr while watching a talk this evening.
144W AP, 174 NP, just a hair short of a 16mph average. 240 TSS. Everything after mile 50 was a huge drag and felt awful, but got 'er done.
Knee feels decent today. Foam rolled the F out of it after the ride.
Might raise the saddle up a little more. My natural cadence is a lot better with the seat set up more forward. I'll test it out on the kickr while watching a talk this evening.
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even more zwift racing, today was a little over an hour. Set all-time power PR from 30-40mins of 280 (95%) and 60min at 270 (272 NP, IF 0.92), kind of petered out the last 10mins, staying around 260, I tend to be more steady, but good effort today.
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Planned a rest week around replacing my roof, but stripping shingle and carrying it to a dumpster isn't exactly chill (shocking)! Probably have 3 more days to go. I haven't done this sort of work since high school, so I'm enjoying it. Getting in all of my cross training for the year I guess!
A few 2-3hr rides this weekend to pretend I got in a good rest week, should bring me up to 8ish hours.
Training wise I'm in a really really good spot. I'm either at previous PB numbers or setting new ones between 10 and 90 minutes. Probably not so bad to back off for a week or two while doing some upper body ****.
A few 2-3hr rides this weekend to pretend I got in a good rest week, should bring me up to 8ish hours.
Training wise I'm in a really really good spot. I'm either at previous PB numbers or setting new ones between 10 and 90 minutes. Probably not so bad to back off for a week or two while doing some upper body ****.
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Planned a rest week around replacing my roof, but stripping shingle and carrying it to a dumpster isn't exactly chill (shocking)! Probably have 3 more days to go. I haven't done this sort of work since high school, so I'm enjoying it. Getting in all of my cross training for the year I guess!
A few 2-3hr rides this weekend to pretend I got in a good rest week, should bring me up to 8ish hours.
Training wise I'm in a really really good spot. I'm either at previous PB numbers or setting new ones between 10 and 90 minutes. Probably not so bad to back off for a week or two while doing some upper body ****.
A few 2-3hr rides this weekend to pretend I got in a good rest week, should bring me up to 8ish hours.
Training wise I'm in a really really good spot. I'm either at previous PB numbers or setting new ones between 10 and 90 minutes. Probably not so bad to back off for a week or two while doing some upper body ****.
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So uh... i bent my chain on the trainer yesterday.
1.5 hrs into a 2.5 hr sufferfest workout. Was a good reason to pull the plug since I honestly didn't feel great on the bike and my cadence was shiet and holding any number felt bad. I thought I was doing okay after sleeping a bit on 24hr call sunday AM to Mon AM but I guess it caught up with me.
Meh. Need to take it a bit easy-ish with the fit changes anyway. Maybe I'll put the sufferfest stuff on hold for a bit and just zwift around to get some saddle time. I can always make a quick workout in zwift that does some tempo stuff in erg mode so i get some good in zone work done.
1.5 hrs into a 2.5 hr sufferfest workout. Was a good reason to pull the plug since I honestly didn't feel great on the bike and my cadence was shiet and holding any number felt bad. I thought I was doing okay after sleeping a bit on 24hr call sunday AM to Mon AM but I guess it caught up with me.
Meh. Need to take it a bit easy-ish with the fit changes anyway. Maybe I'll put the sufferfest stuff on hold for a bit and just zwift around to get some saddle time. I can always make a quick workout in zwift that does some tempo stuff in erg mode so i get some good in zone work done.
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Good news and bad news.
The good news is I'm down 5 pounds. I want to lose 5 more to be at race weight for either racing or surgery.
The bad news is I tweaked my groin (again) so I really can't ride hard for a few days.
When I sleep on my side, it pushes my femur (leg bone) towards my groin and gets stuck. This time it was out for weeks, causing some back pain, and when it popped back, the muscles didn't like it. I've tried to fix this naturally for years, but I'm probably going to have to go under the knife and have been trying to get a Dr Appointment but its tough right now with COVID.
The good news is I'm down 5 pounds. I want to lose 5 more to be at race weight for either racing or surgery.
The bad news is I tweaked my groin (again) so I really can't ride hard for a few days.
When I sleep on my side, it pushes my femur (leg bone) towards my groin and gets stuck. This time it was out for weeks, causing some back pain, and when it popped back, the muscles didn't like it. I've tried to fix this naturally for years, but I'm probably going to have to go under the knife and have been trying to get a Dr Appointment but its tough right now with COVID.
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hope you can get well ferret, sounds painful and beyond annoying!
I'm on a z2 week, I won't quite call it a recovery week because I'm not in a hole or anything. 2hrs tuesday, 90mins yesterday, 2hrs today, prob 1hr tomorrow, and maybe 4-6 over the weekend
starting sweet spot base HV on Tuesday, my CTL is 75, TSB -1 at the moment. With that and my current ftp (295, about 4.1/4.2w/kg), I might have wanted to target the Killington Stage Race in May, but they have postponed the Boston Marathon again, which I don't think bodes well for other competitive events (especially since road races fall under phase 4 of MA's reopening and we're very much still in phase 3, and I wouldn't be surprised if we rolled back given increases)
I'm on a z2 week, I won't quite call it a recovery week because I'm not in a hole or anything. 2hrs tuesday, 90mins yesterday, 2hrs today, prob 1hr tomorrow, and maybe 4-6 over the weekend
starting sweet spot base HV on Tuesday, my CTL is 75, TSB -1 at the moment. With that and my current ftp (295, about 4.1/4.2w/kg), I might have wanted to target the Killington Stage Race in May, but they have postponed the Boston Marathon again, which I don't think bodes well for other competitive events (especially since road races fall under phase 4 of MA's reopening and we're very much still in phase 3, and I wouldn't be surprised if we rolled back given increases)
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Lotta run TSS this week. 10k Friday today. New PR, under 50min now. Nothing stellar, but into the 7's per mile for a flat 10k. Had a couple miles in there around 7:20. Nice.
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Still roofing. Should be complete by the end of this coming week. Riding after carting **** to the dump trailer sorta feels like doing intervals after squats. **** is rough! Basically just treading water til next weekend.
Today was 2hrs of cleaning up shingles, 2hrs of riding with a pathetic 3x10 at threshy (felt way worse!) thrown in, and another hour of cleaning shingles up after. Maybe I'll be able to do a pull up or two by the time this is done. That would be neat.
Today was 2hrs of cleaning up shingles, 2hrs of riding with a pathetic 3x10 at threshy (felt way worse!) thrown in, and another hour of cleaning shingles up after. Maybe I'll be able to do a pull up or two by the time this is done. That would be neat.
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Figured I'd try a ramp test today since I recently started using powermatch with Trainerroad (my hammer has been reading in the neighborhood of 15w below my assioma uno pedal). I'm still awful at the ramp test lol I stopped at 17.5min, needed 19.5 to break even, so it gave me a 266w ftp, which is especially funny when I can pretty easily get 275 avg for 60+mins As usual, I'm completely ignoring the assessment and taking myself to 300w for sweet spot base!
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As of tomorrow I'm training again. Not sure what things will look like in 2021... hopefully some TTs at least to compliment virtual racing. I don't think mass-start can be expected to be full-bore in the southwest US quite yet, so VoS stage race and Tour de Murrieta omnium might not be on the table.
Totally slacked off this week, like 200 TSS total. But here's what I'm thinking for next:
M: 1.5 hrs on Zwift with SST up Epic KOM, threshold+ Fuego Flats reverse and z5/6 Zwift KOM to open up for FTP test
T: 1.5 hrs w FTP test on Fiesta Island
W: 3 hrs Zwift, not sure what yet
Th: off
Then 6-8 hours over the weekend, with one to two short rides and a big one Saturday. Starting nice and slow, next week will be a lot bigger.
Totally slacked off this week, like 200 TSS total. But here's what I'm thinking for next:
M: 1.5 hrs on Zwift with SST up Epic KOM, threshold+ Fuego Flats reverse and z5/6 Zwift KOM to open up for FTP test
T: 1.5 hrs w FTP test on Fiesta Island
W: 3 hrs Zwift, not sure what yet
Th: off
Then 6-8 hours over the weekend, with one to two short rides and a big one Saturday. Starting nice and slow, next week will be a lot bigger.
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