Sizzle82

Oh crap I got some work to do then!

mike868y

chop or get chopped

furiousferret

One of my teammates did a CX Video at CrossVegas with some commentary;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htXm8pLwHn4

Good video for CX newbs like me.

gsteinb

60 minutes Z2

COMPLEX 1 (4 ROUNDS)

Step-Up Convict.

Skater - 1 minute

Box Jumps. Sets of 15

Tony’s Triangle.

COMPLEX 2 (4 ROUNDS)

Drop Knee Squat

Walking Lunge

Rubber Band Walk. Forwards, Backwards, side to side. About 2 minutes total.

Side Bridge Leg Lift.

COMPLEX 3 (4 ROUNDS)

skater squat on box

Stiff Leg Dead lift

Swiss ball leg curls

kettle bell swing

60 minutes Z2

Ygduf

Are you guys talking about Cale? He yells at me most rides, but not yesterday.

grolby

Muuhahahahah! Fresh meat!

Ah geez you guys, it's not like that! It's only sprinting for 45 minutes if anything over Z4 is a sprint for you. As for the chopping, well... try to ease in a bit. Aggressive bike games is part of the fun of cyclocross (Sunday I was in a battle for 2nd place, closed the door on the other guy going into singletrack, blocked him on the run... still ended up 3rd, though!), but putting dudes into the tape when you're fighting for 35th place in the 4/5 race is kind of dickish. The number one thing I would say is, if you're going to pass aggressively, save it until after the first lap. As someone who's had a lot of back-of-the-pack starts this season thanks to poor standings coming in, nothing makes you look like an a-hole quite like bouncing your bike off of a bunch of dudes to gain 20 places at the holeshot, only to still finish in 40th cause you aren't fast enough to actually earn those spots.

But you know, most of all, have fun! CX is rad.

furiousferret

It may be extreme paranoia on my part but has anyone ever been impaled by those posts they have on the courses?

hubcyclist

there's a zwift race at 3 which will be live streamed on the GCN channel on youtube. I am so lame that I'm going to do it even though it's sunny and pleasant out

globecanvas

I saw an impaling on one of those things at a MTB race. Somebody "protected" it by putting an empty plastic coke bottle over the top, which accomplished absolutely nothing.

dz_nuzz

Or more accurately "Do 30 seconds on, 30 seconds off for 45 minutes straight"

TheKillerPenguin

Aborted field test ~10min in. Combination of going out too hard and legs feeling like ass. 5.3 for 10min which is sort of ok, but mission failure. Going to redo in a few days.

mattm

The End was near, now it's here.

globecanvas

Now that the Black Mirror episode with the prime minister and the pig has come true, it's just a matter of time until we have a stationary bike entertainment police state, like in that other Black Mirror episode.

hack

Did a TT last night ... not sure what's up, but since I've gone to a disc (Zipp 900) I've gotten slower. Weather has been consistent, power has gone UP and I'm coming in like 20s slower. Perplexed really. It spins fine on the hub, not rubbing, and tire pressure seems ok. Previous wheel was a Reynolds 66. May go back to that on my next run and see what's up.

hubcyclist

I came to my senses and went outside, too nice not to be out. Was going to do hills, did a couple of 3 min efforts, legs felt a little too heavy, so just rode briskly for 2hrs 210w NP

aaronmcd

Stahl Ride today, 65 miles, 5500 feet.
Social ride with some hard climbing thrown in. Was pretty slow today up the long highway 9 climb, followed a fast dude I hadn't seen before and he just slowly picked up the pace til I blew up 15 or 20 minutes in. Couldn't even match Katheryn after that, but hung on to Alon's wheel and sprinted at the top.

The highway 84 climb was fun, only 9 minutes and fairly shallow grade. 3 of us attacking and countering each other until I attacked hard maybe 90" from the top to take that one. We took some new (for me) roads toward the end to tack on some miles and a few power climbs.

furiousferret

Its because you're putting out so many watts, its affecting the Earth's rotation.

Heathpack 

Same tires?

caloso

3'+3' and finished up with a 100m sprint. New 12s PR. Yay me.

hack

Same up front (Spec SWorks Turbo) and different on the back. Went from a conti gp2ks clincher to a vittoria corsa evo cx tubular on the rear.

FFJ

Short easy Z2 and some squats. Looking at gsteinb's workout above, I think I need to put together a more structured off the bike program.

Heathpack 

Tire, hub, cassette, brake rub. But I know nothing honestly, total newby. Except that the disc should not be slower, it seems like there has to be some other difference to account for it and that it's worth sorting that out. I guess the other possibility is that it's somehow affecting your position on the bike, if it handles differently and you are not as relaxed.

Was this just one TT where you saw the difference? Or multiple efforts on the same course?

Surfer3287

Tried the "30 Second Efforts" in the workout recipe book. Awful! Felt like I was hanging off the edge, going to hurl during the rest intervals between numbers 7-9. Had a very "wet" burp after the last effort. Obviously it's something I need to work on if it taxed my system that much, but it was definitely more unpleasant than my usual WRIs. Just managed 78 TSS, but had 102% W' expended. Didn't really feel like adding in more Z2 time so I just rode home. In-person job interview at 2pm and a Skype interview at 11pm, so I'm a bit distracted today.

Since I managed all 10, does that mean I should push it out to 45" per interval, or stick with the 30" for a while until I finish without wanting to lie down and die afterward?

TheKillerPenguin

Could it be that the reynolds is faster than the disc?

Heathpack 

Personally, I would eliminate every other possibility before drawing this conclusion. Because the disc should be faster, hands down.