I really like this workout. It does have similarities to Echo, which I’ve used if time is against me.
Workout text states to sit for these, I always sit. Takes a few seconds to spin up the power rather than a standing sprint but I pretty much give it all I can seated and try to hold it.
Ok, makes sense. I keep the instructions turned off because I find them demoralizing, lol
Did 40/20s at 130% last night, and was able to actually not feel like dying!
Progress!
a really long ride: https://www.strava.com/activities/2248297671
I just did Kaweah… Seriously??? That was MISERABLE… It made me question my life choices…
Just kidding. Seriously, that was grizzly.
Thanks Chad, Nate, & Jonathan for conditioning my body and mind…
Taylor-2 today with 3% addition to FTP. Went surprisingly good so might have to do another ramp test soon.
Got my first 2 hour ride coming up this Sunday, not sure my behind can handle sitting on the trainer for that long. We’ll see.
Skipped my swim this morning; a confluence of things just meant I really didn’t feel it, even though I actually made it all the way to the pool with all my stuff. Came home and lingered over my coffee and oatmeal instead. It was the right decision.
Then I did Laurentian and watched The Punisher. Only one break to use the washroom and put my sweet potato in the oven.
Not so much today’s workout but yesterdays. I did Merced +1 and failed my first workout. At the end of the 2nd set of 40-second intervals I was hurting. I did not make it through the 3rd set and was really shot. I just soft peddled through the 4th set in an attempt to salvage the last two rounds. I made it through the 5th but nixed the 3rd/middle interval on the final set just to get some more recovery. I felt horrible.
Two days previous I did my 3rd ramp test. I was not feeling so hot but got through it with a +11 improvement so was very pleased. I skipped the next day (an easy 1:30 ride) because I was really run down. Today is a planned day off and I’m still not feeling well; I’m exhausted even thought I’ve been sleeping more. Fighting something off.
Should I plow through the weekend or rest the rest of the week? What would you do?
First outside ride if the year. As normal I felt a bit wobbly but I was pleased to be outside. Set 1-6 mins 90 day bests on a couple of hills so I cannot have trained too badly over winter,
Day 1 of SDSR underway. Only 18 seconds shy of my stretch goal of sub-23mins, and 1:20 better with 15 avg watt improvement.
Honestly, I was expecting a better improvement to my 20min + power considering until 2 weeks ago (race season in full swing) I was following the plans very well, only missing rides if there was a race. I’m fairly sure I’m tapping out on all this super structured training considering what 4 months of it full fledged has provided me… I’m only now back to where I was at my peak in August, and that was on loosely structured training. Same weight. I had hopes. Oh well!
Done whining 
Brasstown. In retrospect, trying to watch Netflix on my (Android) phone while TrainerRoad ran in the background (on the same phone) was probably a bad idea.
Saint Elias (6x10 threshold 95-99%) tough but nailed it! Removed doubt that 300w was overreaching for threshold since I did 297 for 20mins (old threshold was 295). I don’t feel so bad for skipping an early group ride lol
Today I did Kaweah +1 and by “did” I mean failed. This past week I’ve had lots of additional stress from my first mtb ride in a while as well as leaf blowing 3 miles of trail. Payed the price today.