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First Blue Streak

Super windy night. During the warmup I had to get out of the aero position just to keep control of the bike (the new bike, the Giant Trinity Di2). Went off third since no one else wanted to volunteer. Didn’t expect much and was only averaging about 24 mph after the first mile but ended […]

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Saturday, April 6

Started the day with a 10 mile indoor ride. It was still in the 30’s so I didn’t want to ride until it warmed up knowing we were headed for the upper 60’s. Around 11am I rode the Mt. Lookout to Ripley and back century, the same as last weeks ride. Unlike last week, I

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Muscle Tension Notes

I was scheduled to do 4×6 but did 6×4.25 since the hill near our house works well for that. The idea here is to stay in the saddle at 50-55 rpm. Its kind of like doing leg presses on the bike. Cadence averages went from 49 to 57 and power was around 318 or so.

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Century and 2×60 Tempo

Great day to ride a century and get in the 2×60 tempos. The first effort, divided into two 30 minute efforts with 3 minutes between so I could get through New Richmond, were both at 290 watts. The second effort, non-stop to Ripley after 10 minutes riding easy after the second 30 minute was at

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one hour tempo

Still too cold to do these outside so I did the one hour on the trainer at 280 watts. Lower than the efforts outside last Saturday but I’ll take it. Luckily I had the History of the Eagles on DirecTv to occupy my mind for the hour. HR was actually pretty low in the mid

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