The last time we tried these, sometime back in November, I completed the first two and stopped about 10 minutes into the third as my power was around 310. Today the power averages were 320, 321 and 321 for each of the 20 minute efforts. My biggest concern doing these inside was just staying focused […]

http://livingmagazines.com/Hyde_Park_Living/images/1401/Wimberg/Wimberg.htmlThe endurance athletic next door by Peter Wimberg Lynch 1 Imagine a cold, dark winter morning, it’s 4:30 a.m. and you’re up, on purpose. You might be getting some time in on your bike in the basement or hitting the indoor swimming pool or heading out into the cold to run. By 6 a.m. you’re

Pretty consistent power on these: 320/348, 320/350, 320/349 and 321/350. Two hours endurance tomorrow, off on Monday and then a field test on Tuesday.

Day 2 out of 3 of the 4 sets (5 yesterday) of the 8 minute steady state immediately followed by 2 minutes near tt pace. Almost the same as yesterday with 312/348, 316/348, 315/350 and 316/349. Legs were definitely tired today after yesterdays 5 efforts and Wednesday spin/circuit two hour effort.

Hels 300/342, 311/345, 316/345, 315/349 and 311/352. Have these tomorrow and Saturday so I can redeem myself on the steady state portion. Should be 320+. Yesterdays circuit class was an issue with the legs today.

The green line is cadence and was pretty consistent between 95 and 100. HR was above 170 by the end of 1.5 miles, hit 176 at about 3.6 miles and then peaked at 179 over the last mile. This would have my HR hovering in the 96-98% of max most of the ride. The blue

Rode a 14:57, 357 avg watts, 167 avg HR, 99 avg cadence. Have to say going into this that I was kind of dreading it. I skipped last February after my slow January ride and I had that still on my mind. Its amazing that something I did 11 months ago was still there but

Chris Carmichael Blog: Does Sweating More Mean You’re More Fit? Posted on March 28, 2011 by CTS Chris, I’m relatively new to triathlon and to serious training. Over the past several months I’ve been making steady progress, and recently I’ve noticed that I’ve started sweating more. The conditions (temp and humidity) are about the same