Townsend this morning, was quite easy. Will probably be able to do the first outdoors session next weekend at home, since the spring is proceeding pretty quickly now.
I had Washington on the docket but various reasons had me doing to intervals while working. So I did them outside. 4x7 minute suprathreshold intervals wasn’t so terrible.
Baird +2
Got back on the wagon today after failing two workouts in a row in the final week of General Build. Took some time to recover by riding endurance for a week and then tried this to see how I felt. This felt pretty easy. Increased the intensity by 1% for the last 5 intervals.

Monadnock +6 last night. It felt…easy? I was working hard but never really had the “might not make it” feeling. Just starting the 3rd week of General Build HV (first TR cycle, high volume), I my ramp test earlier and had a free Tuesday in the first week. Decided to copy Shortoff +6 from Week 2. Failed that. Next week, completed Shortoff +6 but was a bit under target on some of the intervals. Today was over target power on every interval and felt like I could’ve done even more. Am I getting used to VO2 or is 5 minutes @ 110% much easier than 3 minutes at 115-120%?
quick gravel loop in Arkansas, across the Mississippi from Memphis, before Iowa Wind and Rock on Saturday: 340 miles of gravel!

First real workout of SSB1MV2.0. About 30W higher than November and burned about 75 more kJ in the hour. That’ll be fun to compare as I go back through… marked, measurable progress.
Inspired by the Pettit &Baxter are boring rides thread, I did Maclure. Felt great when done.

OMG. 3 hours on the trainer? You sir should try out for the next Buns of Steel video. ![]()
I’m a lightweight. There’s a local guy who does a 5-7 hour trainer rides at 215 W.
It’s ok, we just have wiggly cadence instead.
So today was Mount Baldy +1 for me Century speciality week 2 LV
It went … Awfully … Started the session very fatigued given that I’ve worked 18 days in a row without a day off… I had actually missed two sessions during the week due to being in work for 14 + hours back to back… I managed 21 minutes before i had to call it quits. Turning down intensity wasnt an option as I ended up dry wretching.
Oh well… Time to get some rest over the weekend and try again









