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

Was supposed to do 5 of these but due to time constraints only did four. Held 320 for 8 minutes and then 349 for 2, took a few minutes off and did 320/350, 319/351 and 315/350. Legs kind of tired from last nights circuit.

The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance by David Epstein. Is it about your genes or your environment or a combination of both? Why do people from certain parts of the world excel at certain sports? Can similar excellence be found elsewhere? Can we determine who will be great at a given

Todays effort consisted of all one minute power intervals separated by one minute within each set and the sets separated by varying times so it was a set of 4 efforts with a minute between with 4 minutes recovery after the set, 4 more with a minute between then a three minute break, 3 efforts

Did these inside due to the rain. Power averages were 408, 417, 421, 418, 430, 422, 423, 421, 419, 419, 420, 427 for an average of 420. This is 5.45 watts per kg of bodyweight. Have more over the weekend and will to up the average to 425 or 430.

Interesting workout today with each of the 8 minute efforts broken into 2 minutes at 100 cadence, 2 at 75, 2 at 100 and 2 at 75. Power was pretty consistent regardless of the cadence. I used Riverside Drive from Delta to the Montgomery Inn Boathouse (8 minutes), back and forth. The road is fairly