At 30 minutes: Yeeeeeeah, I totally got this, probably gonna increase the intensity for the last set 
At 48 minutes: I seem to be in a spot of bother.
At 62 minutes: DONāT YOU F*ING CRACK NOW
At 70 minutes:
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British translation: WTF!
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Yesterday I did an outdoor ride instead of Bays. Nice to get out for ride number 2 of the year, although feels so weird after masses of focussed indoor work all winter. I tried to keep it in upper Z2, but that was pretty much impossible even though itās flat round here.
Back to quality today. A gel and 90g of home made Beta Fuel are all that got me through this one. A couple more workouts and Iām done with General Build and into recovery week - canāt wait!!
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Bashful plus some 60% at the end. Have settled on a maintenance plan to get me through this weird time. I hope one 8 week cycle will be enough!
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Since Iām WFH now and canāt really venture out, I worked in a core and weights workout earlier in the day then added some endurance after work.
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Started a built plan with my new FTP.
Today I had to perform the āPierceā which consist out of 6x4.5-minute repeating sets of dying. Oh joy.
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Decided to try my first ever real sprint workout with Birlingā¦I found out that I am most certainly not a sprinter. Made it 2/3 through the first interval, turned down 5% for the last three but still failed between 25 and 27 seconds through each. Followed that up with Taku
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2 more hours in the sunshine this evening (I love this working from home lark - I can use my travelling home from work time to add to my ride)ā¦one less lap than yesterday and kept it easy for 37.5 miles. I like my local loop but it may get a bit tiresome if it is all I can use all summerā¦especially with zero racing! - put my front wheel in a pot hole which Iām pretty convinced wasnāt there yesterday ā¦.but no damage done as Iām still using my winter bike and tyresā¦in fact I may use them most of the summer as zippiness will probably not be needed in 2020ā¦Iāll settle for dodging this virus as a successful season! 
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Couple back spins on the final 2 intervals, and extended the breaks a bit, but pushed through. Pretty happy as I truly believe these are as much a mental workout as physical one, and with all the anxiety inducing activities going on in the world it feels good to be able to establish a good baseline for specialty. Hereās to hoping my first A event of the season in 8 weeks doesnāt get cancelled (probably will, but Iām prepared for that eventuality)!
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Today was the first workout after a (surprisingly) successful ramp test that saw my FTP go from 249 to 273. First workout after the test was Ebbetts. It was really hard. As in, I was really struggling to keep the power up after each sprint (although I hit all the avg power targets). Having a dumb trainer didnāt help as I was really struggling to find a gear/cadence combo that let me spin at whatās now my new sweet spot.
Do other people find Ebbetts hard? Iām worried Iām going to really struggle later on in SSB2LV
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I did the +2 version just after xmas as part of my hybrid mv/hv baseā¦total pointless now as there will be no UK time trials this yearā¦found it ok just needs a bit of focus getting back into the ss part after the sprints but the burn goes after about 30sā¦mind you my ftp has only gone from 289 - 298W so no massive jumps to get used toā¦biggest problem I had was getting the power up in the sprints in ERG mode (which I like to use for any session with intervals to keep me honest). I wouldnāt fancy many of the TR sessions without a smart trainerā¦worth the investment if you can get one.
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Doing my social distancing bit here in the UK, plus being self employed so Iām effectively unemployed at the moment so, threw myself into Disaster for shits and giggles
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I bailed on Kaweah +1 today and knocked it back to -1 just as I got on the bike. Thought I was too tired for it and it would impact an outdoor ride on Saturday. Really wish Iād kept it at +1 now. Definitely putting a note in the wall saying donāt bail. Think that will come in handy next week when the vo2 session ramps up a notch.
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Lamarck +1. This is week 5 of my hybrid Mid/High volume SSBII plan, which Iām lovingly calling Hell Week in my head.
Powered through the first four (had a little PM hiccup on that third one and it got weird for a second) and dropped by 5% for the last two. Wanted to quit, didnāt quit. Iād say thatās a win.
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Carson + an extra 55 minutes of riding mostly endurance but with a 8 minute hill climb and a 3 minute climb.
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Started Traditional base MV I this week. Fletcher was the scheduled workout tonight. Felt pretty good and looking forward to getting my Saris MP1 next week to go along with my H3.
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