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monday July 27 2026: 20×35-40sec

Peter Wimberg — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 19:56:16 +0000

Used Armleder to do 20 x 35-40sec on, 10-15sec off, avg 368w

Week of July 13 and 20, 2026

Peter Wimberg — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 17:04:46 +0000

Spent the week of the 13th riding in Michigan, about 50 miles per day. Would have done more but the Canadian wildfire smoke was an issue the last few days.

On Sunday the 19th, I did some 30 and 40 second efforts with 10-15 seconds between at about 400w each. Back in TN Wed-Fri the week of the 20th. Did 5×3:00, 1×5:00 and 1×4:00 in Pittman Center. Power was 360w (avg on all), 280 and 330w respectively. Today I did the Grassy Branch climb 3x at 360w, around 6:45 on each.

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July 10 2026: 30-40sec on, 10-15 off X 20

Peter Wimberg — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 16:57:23 +0000

380w avg

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5 x around Armleder Segment

Peter Wimberg — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 15:14:40 +0000

Rode about 8 minutes for a warmup and then did the 5 laps at 321w, 23:29. Felt pretty good and that pace over that time shows a nice steady depletion of the energy reserves.

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Fourth of July

Peter Wimberg — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 15:00:56 +0000

Today I did some 40-50 second on and off efforts, upper 300’s to mid 400’s. On thursday I do 18×45 sec on, 15-20 sec off at 360w. Did 100 miles yesterday, 20 in, 55 out and then 25 in. Too hot to ride mid afternoon. Also did the Cleves TT on Tuesday. Rode at 5:30pm in the 95 degree, 70% humidity conditions by muself so I could time everyone else later. Brutal conditions! Slow ride at 23:49.

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Week of June 15 2026

Peter Wimberg — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 22:15:36 +0000

I rode the Cleves TT. Faster than the last effort at 23:29 but power still stinks. If I can get my power up to 320 or so, I think I can get into the lower 23’s. I did some intervals in the 320-330 range that added up to about 25 minutes with several 20-30 seconds between. I did 45sec on 15sec off x 18 today at 372w age.

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indiana 5k and 10k TT’s

Peter Wimberg — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:36:05 +0000

Rode the 5k really well. Power avg on the Wahoo was 378. It doesn’t count the two turns swhere power drops to zero for a few seconds. I was only 2 seconds off my PR from 2023.

The 10k was in some heavy showers. Took the turns very cautiously. And, I’m just not pushing hard enough. I’ll make training for the 10k a priority. I should be closer to 340w avg on this. I’m getting some more rise to my Trek SC aero bars so I can get back on the saddle and breath a little better. We’ll see.

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Week of June 1: Cleves and Intervals

Peter Wimberg — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 17:37:28 +0000

Rode a pretty mundane Cleves TT at 23:43. Windy and not very hot so a slow night. Also tired from the weekend 113 miles, the FTP on Friday and lifting on Monday.

Inervals today were 45 sec on, 15 sec off x 15 at 393w avg. Then did 5:00 at 343w. Getting ready for the IN 5k and 10k this weekend.

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20:00 FTP TEst and 113 mile ride

Peter Wimberg — Sun, 31 May 2026 00:23:38 +0000

I did a 20:00 FTP test yesterday. Averaged 342w on the bike computer but had a few turns where power drops out so the Strava average was 323w. TrainingPeaks calculated FTP at 315w so we’ll go with that. Not too far off 320w which was pretty much my one hour power for many years.

Rode 113 miles today just to take advantage of the great weather and my impending 64th birthday on Monday.

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Cleves TT Top Ten All-Time

Peter Wimberg — Thu, 28 May 2026 01:18:37 +0000

Thought I’d better post this just so that someday I can look back to see that I was top ten at one time in the 50+ year old event. I never held the fastest time but I do believe I was second back in 2009. That was a long time ago! I think I have 20 rides under 22:00. Someday i’ll drop out of the top ten but at least I was there at one point.

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