20 minute time trial effort

Actually did this late in the day on Friday at Ault Park. The tighter waves on the power are the actual effort Average power at 345. I was hoping for 350+. Legs maybe a little tired from the previous three days of climbing repeats and strength training. HR not all that high at 160 so […]

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Climbing Repeats

The schedule called for 5 but for some reason I did 6. Didn’t even realize it until I had finished. never hurts to do a little more, right? Here is the 5 minute/1 minute data: 352/445, 362/410, 349/414, 355/403, 344/412, 340/410. Some numbers better than Tuesday and some below. Overall felt good but legs were

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BodPod Results

Went to Sports Nutrition 2 Go today for the BodPod test. Three years ago I was at 166.8 lbs with 16.5 being fat or 9.9%. Today I was at 170.5 lbs and 15.8 lbs of fat or 9.3%. I added 5 lbs of muscle and lost one lb of fat in three years.

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8×2 Power Intervals

There are time when I like doing these and times when I don’t Today was a don’t. hadn’t had these on the schedule since January. I used my usual course at Ault Park starting at the bottom of the hill on Observatory and going to almost the back of the pavilion. While not fun I

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Day two of 8×2’s

I used the same course as yesterday and held 423, 411, 417, 409, 414, 409, 412 and 412. A little tired after yesterdays efforts and last nights 55 minute circuit class but still higher than in the past.

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Century in Tennessee

I started today at 7:45 from our house in Gatlinburg with the temps in the 60’s already. It was spring until about 3800′ when the clouds rolled in. Around 5000′ (Newfound Gap) the view up the road was limited to less than 100 yds and by the time I got to Clingmans Dome at 6300′

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