after some steady states in the middle of last week the rest of the week was just at endurance pace. The first outdoor time trial is Wednesday in Dayton. Looks like a cool evening with temps in the 50’s. Took the tt bike out yesterday for a short ride just to make sure the position […]
Finally mounted the new Joule and paired it to the Stages crank arm. No problems there at all. Still not satisfied with the mounting of the joule. As shown between the bars its easy to see in the aero position but its not convenient to activate the buttons on the right side of the unit.
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Did 32 minutes today at 330 watts, broken into 4 x 8 minute efforts with just a minute between each. Used Riverside Drive from Delta to The Boathouse, 8 minutes in each direction. Rounded out the day with one hour circuit class late in the day.
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Had my bike fit today with Kathy at Oakley Cycles. Made no changes to the tt bike position and on the road bike installed some shorter reach bars and flipped the stem from level to 3 degrees up. Need to work on hamstring flexibility which was expected.
Did 10×1 minute at 370 each, one minute between and then 5 x 2 minutes at 350. Just using these to get some time at tt power while still riding inside. Hopefully will get the tt bike out on Saturday to test the Stages.
Still cold so still training indoors. Did some time trial efforts yesterday where I went 1, 2, 3, and 4 minutes at 350 watts with one minute between each and then repeated that. Had 20 minutes at 350 and actually the one minute breaks were more of a nuisance than rest period. Would have been
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Rode the 26 miles from the chalet to the top of Clingmans Dome today. Went all the way up the path to the observation deck as the road from Newfound Gap is still closed so there is no foot traffic on the trail and no rangers/volunteers to stop me. Warm in Gatlinburg when I left
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In the last two days I’ve hiked about 18 miles and ridden about 80 here in TN. Great weather with highs in the 60’s. typically hiking in the am and riding in the pm. Did some intervals today that totaled up to about an hour at 310. Normalized power for 38 miles or 2:15 was
Did 4 efforts of 2 minutes at Tempo (avg 280 watts), 2 at steady state (avg 330 watts) and then one minute time trial pace at around 380 watts. Lifted last night for an hour with the circuit class and will do that again tomorrow along with riding the 8am spin. Will be riding in
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