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

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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.

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