Ramsey Cascade Hike

I did a late day one hour ride at recovery pace (right around 160 watts….with the climbs its tough to keep it much lower) but did a nice 4.5 hour hike in the morning to Ramsey Cascade. Its one of my favorite hikes in the park.

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From RoadBikeRider, Gabe Mirkin, MD: Fasting and Training

By Gabe Mirkin, M.D. A new study from France shows that night-time fasting after intense workouts on alternate days helps athletes exercise longer and faster (Med Sci Sports Exerc, April 2016;48(4):663-72). This is an impeccable study in which 21 trained competitive endurance athletes were randomly divided into two groups and all followed the same training program. They

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Clingman’s Dome

I did the 53 mile round trip to Clingmans Dome with a couple of 20 minute tempo efforts on the way up at around 290. Kind of cool at the top (45) but back up to 65 at the chalet. The ride up has about 5000′ of elevation gain. I wish I had kept track over

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First Blue Streak Time Trial

Other than it being too cold (48-52), I feel good about this effort. Average power for the entire 10 miles was 362, cadence at 87, max watts 815, 4.7 watts/kg avg. The first half was 354/89 and the second half was 369/87. I really think that once things warm up that I’ll be holding some

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10 x 10 seconds

I rode an easy 30 minutes when I got up and then did these at lunch between meetings. I ramped up the rpm’s and shifted up through the power range until I was above 600 and then hit the INT. Power was 664, 656, 613, 675, 648, 632, 640, 651, 624, 621. I took about

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Varied Workout

Started the day with my 8am spin followed by the 9am circuit and then hit the road bike for 4×10 steady states over an hour ride. Not my best power on those (310 +/-) but I was pretty cooked by then. Those plyometric exercises i the circuit class really take that spark out your legs.

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4×6 minutes steady state

I did the 4×6 steady state today, outside and on my Cervelo P2 tt bike. Held the following power/cadence: 349/85, 357/86, 348/80 and 350/84. The first two were with some tail wind and the second two into the wind. Very gusty, like 20-40 mph. Made handling the tt bike interesting. Felt good about the power

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