Mountain Ride

Arrived in Tennessee to temps in the upper 30’s and sunny skies so I went for a ride. Held 374 at 92 rpm going up Fighting Creek Gap. Felt really good. Can’t wait for warmer weather and race season.

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15×1 Power Intervals

Hadn’t done this in a long time. Also rode inside for two hours first, one at 170 and one at 140 or so. I did these outside at Ault Park going clockwise starting each at the bottom of the loop, finishing behind he pavilion and coasting back to the star.Temperature was about 35 degrees. Avg

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more 30 second efforts

I did ride my morning spin and followed that with my hour circuit class so I hit these already feeling a little tired. I went for the high cadence and shifted through the power taking it up as the 30 seconds went by. Results: 430/106, 356/121, 360/126, 346/126, 374/127, 388/122, 433/122, 410/124, 425/130, 438/125. Will

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Weight Training Thoughts

Reply to a client wondering about the benefits of strength training year-round: On the weight training, I would also take into the account the benefits of correcting imbalances created by cycling (rounded shoulders, rounded lower backs, only training in the right/left saggital planes with our legs, static position of the arms, forward position of the

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10×30 seconds

Haven’t done these in a long time. The goal was simply a high cadence and some decent power. I did these inside: 400wts/130cad, 429/128, 463/126, 480/121, 487/121, 511/113, 520/116, 517/121, 526/112, 535/114. SHould be able to be well above 500 on all of these. Just took a couple to get into it. I know that

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8×3 Power Intervals

Sunny and close to 50 so I went outside to ride. Did these on a steep climb close to home, Heekin Avenue. Started at Eastern Avenue and made it just about to the Ault Park entrance at Principio on each. Held 422, 415, 404, 400, 411, 410, 414, 412. Pretty happy with those, and pretty

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8×3 power intervals

Tough day doing these inside but they turned out ok with power at 368, 371, 372, 373, 375, 376, 373 and 378. Hope to do them outside tomorrow with the temps hitting the upper 40’s. Ideally the power will be up 10-15 watts. HR today was hitting that 94% of max or 107% of LT

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