Pretty pleased with this, my first workout in GPBHV after the midpt ramp test. WKO5 finally seems to have a properly fed power curve. Which has me thinking: dial down the anaerobics and do more long aerobic efforts. Winter = Base miles after all. So I split the difference today. Exceeded power targets for the first sets, then settled into some Z2. I’m particularly happy for the stable Z1HR while pushing 70% power. Go resistance mode.
Also, it’s crazy how little VO2maxHR time you get banging out 15x1min@130%: 8 min with HR above LTHR, but almost no time up at aerobic capacity. Where’s Pisgah with those 4min intervals? Oh, right, Next week.
Progressive overload describes the past few months. The PRs have been falling.I finish GPBHV intact, then on to 2021 and building the biggest, most beautiful Base (as they say).
Two months ago I never would have seen completing Carter as an achievement, but for the past few weeks I’ve failed nearly every workout.
Wound it down to almost zero exercise last week and I’m just starting to get some energy back.
I’ve not suffered any other symptoms so I’m putting it down to fatigue.
No harm in taking a break anyway. Hopefully I’ll bounce back steadily.
I was firing blanks this morning. This was far harder than it should have been. Couldn’t find a cadence that worked and I kept tensing up. Not my finest hour on the trainer.
Well this fairly nailed me as the first workout after a slight FTP bump. Using erg mode was not the best choices for the spikes
You can see I had to pull down the very last section of the 3rd block and got completely bogged down by one of the final sprints, but I got through it. HR 179 (Max 183) by the end. The drop off between the 3rd and 4th blocks was me having to stop for 10s to pick up a dropped towel
Pleased I dug in and this felt like one of those workouts where you think ‘yeah this will make me better’
I went in planning to do 3 of the 4 intervals. I didn’t want to make another workout as my catalog is getting too much to filter through as it is. And I figured it would be great to compare when I do complete the 4 intervals. Welp, after interval #3 it didn’t feel horrendous so figured I would chug along. You can totally tell where I started to lose it an my yellow squiggly lines got more squiggly!
Now I’m wondering if finishing that 4th interval is going to dig a small hole for the rest of the week’s work. Guess I will find out!
Spencer+2 broke me this morning. The tension i felt in my adductors/hip flexors this morning was searing agony, unlike anything i’ve experienced before. I managed 4 intervals, and then dropped the intensity by 7%, and boy, i feel like i have been on fire all throughout today!
Had Spencer+2 scheduled but a combination of high motivation + feeling well fuelled + caffeinated made me reach for Spencer+3. Week five of SSBLV2 off to a good start… ending it with Disaster or something similar at the weekend might not be a good way to end it!
7 new watts in the bag! Total watts are still really low, but 3.25 watts/kilo isn’t bad for an old lady like me! Kinda scared for tomorrow’s workout with my new ftp.
Did I say PRs are falling? When it rains it pours, on almost all intervals from 10-45min!
This was a zwift race, I was running late, had pairing/calibration problems, got dropped, and things were weird with the kickr. But I just hammered it to catch up, came 96 out of 100 or so, God knows. All I know is I was trying. Then I uploaded from my trusty garmin and power cranks, and found this. Just had to share -
Not tested for a while on medical advice (see previous posts re palpitations) but they haven’t found anything bad in my test results so far. Still waiting an MRI scan but no evidence of a serious issue, so went for it.
I’ve been doing TB HV, this is the first workout of the third 4-week block. This would be my best ramp test score ever. That will do fine! Now I’m looking at 3h z2 tomorrow and regretting my life choices.
Jumped of the bike a few times to check Teams messages which I think has finally caused my eFTP to fall. It was 293w which was crazy when a ramp test put me at 230w
I finish GPBHV intact, then on to 2021 and building the biggest, most beautiful Base (as they say).
