4th indoor workout this week for a total >400TSS. Sustained Build MV is going ok. Now I just need to Rinse repeat …
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Try 28 … seriously. I’ve monitored overnight a few times and usually end up @ 28-34 bpm.
Unfortunately, that stroke volume doesn’t seem to result in anything special out on the bike!
Stick to the doc’s advice on those 4 weeks off. The US medical system is usually way too flippant about hernia repairs, claiming to get patients back to full-go in days or a week or two. The Europeans typically say 6 weeks off / light duty.
If you put too much load on a hernia repair too early, you can cause nerve damage and scarring that will cause a lifetime of pain.
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Thanks for the info. I will definitely play it safe. The Doc said it is important to not have it fail as it will greatly increase the likelihood of another tear and that sets up a revolving cycle of reoccurrences. As I already seem to heal much slower than I used to, i will definitely focus on not pushing it. It will be tough as I have really gotten into a training groove this winter… Thanks again!
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Legs definitely felt heavy and tired, but the numbers still came in. Interval 3 was sore, but the HR was low and it was doable.
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O wow…I know that ejecting fraction do not causes performance increase but having this low HR is way cooler - like a conversation piece. It is something very abstract when your HR max is similar to other HRs in Z1:D
Busy weekend. Too much drinking. Not enough fuelling. On the Saturday didn’t have bike shorts so I cut short the iron butt ride to save myself for Sunday. Well… HR was super high (higher than my usual sweet spot)… Now I just did a ramp test last week so sure it’s gonna be harder.
But I made the executive decision to stop after an hour.
Saturday
Sunday
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Taylor -2. I’ll switch this week into a rest one, for all kinds of reasons, but I kept the 30/30s, because I know I can do those all day long.
I know I must have been bugging my fellow Zwift riders to no end by passing them, slowing down, passing them, slowing down ad infinitum.
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First time doing this ride. First ride using Plan Builder as well. I was five weeks into a build phase before cutting over to what Plan Builder recommended. I moved the FTP test to tomorrow for scheduling purposes.
My legs were feeling it in the middle interval. I did find the text motivational and I handled the final 20 minute interval much better.
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It’s disaster week!
Kicked it off with Monadnock +6 this morning. Worked in some low cadence work on the first three intervals then bumped up the endurance to 75%
Finished the day with a 2500m swim and a 6mile run
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Well done, I had Eclipse yesterday which is very similar and found that the last interval was a bit easier mentally, probably because it feels like the home stretch.
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The Ramp Test at the start of SSBLV2.
I improved by an impressive, wait for it, …
ONE WATT
Not sure if it’s good or bad. I’d had a cold two weeks ago that put me in bed for two days - I ended up delaying undertaking Tallac, which I actually cut short at 20 minutes, and then delayed Palisade to the following week just to be able to complete it.
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Mendel
Last effort before disaster, taper now… last two sets at 103%, breathing very hard, good session.
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did you lose weight?
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Spencer +2. I was unsure If I would complete it today but it was quite…easy. Of course I had to work hard, breathing was hard during last minutes of every intervals but 4 minutes recovery was enough to start every interval fresh. I am sure if the recovery were 3 minutes long I would have more problems with finishing it. Overall good workout that causes pleasant pain in lungs and legs and grants a lot of satisfaction when completed.
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Thanks, now i fear for my life on week 5. I’m looking at it and wondering… “how” and also “but why!?”
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