Baxter -1
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building that base up, 45mins at 90-95% and it was tough! Going to a 80/20 split even with sweet spot and see how my body handles it!
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What a beast. I doubt I had the will to do that neither inside nor outside
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New FTP and the first time Iâve encountered this workout. Have to say that this was great fun. Those eight second bursts keep things interesting and my HR was bang on. Looks like yesterdayâs Ramp Test was a success.
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Donner, with plenty of time spent trying to be aero in the drops.
I really need to lose that belly if I want to do that while being able to breathe, however 
Also, stupid Garmin is not catching a GPS signal in the pain cave, and as a result, not getting the right time, screwing up everything.
Oh well, gives me a change to try extended screen, i suppose.
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So my country is in lockdown, BUT we are allowed out to ride bikes. The local park which normally has cars inside, is closed to cars but not bikes (so long as we act like triathlon and donât draft each other).
I know it takes me roughly 20 minutes to do a lap. SOooooo I was like why not go do 3x20 (with my new FTP 
) then. And I managed⌠although naturally outside with hills etc it wasnât all smooth, but still, I did it.
Honestly Iâm going to make the most of outdoor riding because Iâm sure some others wonât listen and get that on the banned list too (like in France and Italy)
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The unrefined sugar it usually has a similar colour to syrup
Pro FTP increase 
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The sprints are fun, I like the sprints. The rest reminded me why I usually avoid the 75% endurance sessions. Iâll take two hours of 65% over 90 minutes of 75% any day of the week.
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Respect @Nate_Pearson I did Baxter it takes more than a little bit of concentration and endurance in the posterior to complete
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Try to do a Ramp test yesterdayâŚbinned it after about 18 minsâŚcouldnât be arsed to hurt myself. Did Taku as a warm down. Am working from home now as schools are shut. Will go out solo for a couple of hours later afternoon for some z2. Going to leave my FTP where it is and just do some tempo, or endurance+1 workouts (the ones with short sprints) on the turbo and easy outdoor rides if the weather is nice and they donât ban cycling!!! in the UK. We wonât be racing this year so I wonât be using my hard earned 18W improvement in FTP and I donât have the mental matches to keep it going for the summer and then into next year. Will start to train seriously again when there is some prospect of racingâŚnow Iâm just going to ride my bike. 
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You donât need a fancy pain cave, it needs to be Spartan to optimise the suffering. This will make hammering it outside so much easier 
Week 1 of TBMVIII. With a 5w bump in FTP. Hatch last night, Mount Field this morning.
Legs a bit heavy for Mount Field, started back running last week as well - prob not the brightest. Sore butt too, things get tender after 4 days in a row in the saddle.
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Mt Hale - Log In to TrainerRoad - for some reason my head just wasnât in to it and focussed on all the negatives. Did the first two intervals but bailed in the third at seven minutes to give myself a longer recovery for the fourth but only managed a couple of minutes of that before Iâd had enough.
Somewhat bizarrely I looked at my personal records and Mt Hale gives me my best power figures from 16mins all the way to 30mins, typically 12W higher than anything during SSB.
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Itâs been 10 days since my last TR workout. I subbed in some longer Z2 rides last week and had a big (for me) TSS. I took two days off completely and figured I might complete a very hard Spencer +2 - no, I need to go back and work up to it. I did get through 3 intervals but was feeling like I was digging a hole versus putting in quality work. Iâm not that surprised, nor do I really feel too bad about it. Iâm going to push the rest of my workouts outside this week and go back at another round of VO2 max work next week. All is well.
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Mount field outdoor workout! For once in the UK it was glorious sunshine,cloudless skys and because of the lockdowns barely any traffic
Nailed every interval , prob one of my favourite rides in a long long time!
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A bit of a run this morning (rTSS =29)
Then a steady away tonight
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First workout of General Build Low Volume with the new FTP I set on Monday. Up from 246 to 256. With the season re shaped I decided to focus on total fitness and last week began running and weights twice a week. So Iâll do Low Volume for 3 rides a week and 2 days of running and weights. After yesterdayâs session my legs were feeling pretty heavy on Carpathian Peak but I finished.
Another run tomorrow⌠Why do people like running again?
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