Baxter is so great for mixing it up and keeping an aerobic workout “interesting”… I always get so bored with aerobic so often replace the prescribed with one of the Baxter’s or Bays.
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I have leconte tomorrow 
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I’ve started alternating between Baxter & Colosseum. They’re very close but a little more variety.
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I also like West Vidette when time is limited!
wasn’t looking forward to this, but ate well today and it wasn’t actually that bad at all! Maybe due a little FTP bump! One more week of a mixed up SSB, then a easy week, then ramp test time again.
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I would cry if my Erg refused to drop down I hope it gets sorted out soon.
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This seemed so much more fun after yesterday’s horrible drudgery. Had enough left in the tank to add a little Taku. I also think a big bowl of oatmeal with berries is better for my pre ride fuel than toast and honey.
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Mostly moved in, so I ran out of excuses to procrastinate the inaugural ride for Pain Cave 2.0:
It’s a bit snug.
My Plan Builder plan is a bit hosed after seven days off the bike, so I’ll probably make things up out of thin air until next week, and then ramp and restart the second half of GBMV? I sort of don’t really want to know how much I’ve tanked my threshold 
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My first non-free ride in several months, mostly been sticking to short duration Z1/Z2 efforts. 8.5 months post-covid, dropped my ftp by about 40w and probably need to drop it another 10w. These intervals were too long and have left my lungs in a bad way this afternoon, but maybe it will help a little. Doc is pushing me to add some intensity back into exercise. If I’m okay tomorrow, then maybe I’ll attempt this again in a week.
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That was intense. After 90 minutes (ie ~80 of the 120 bursts), feeling the sharp edge of Z7 in my legs, I switched to Z2 and closed things out.
I also experimented with erg and resistance mode. The threads on Spanish Needle are useful, but I’m still not sure I get how to do this kind of work yet.
The next two weeks of GPBHV seems to load up the VO2max. Longer 4-5min intervals at the start of each week and shorter 70-80s Vo2max intervals midweek. Instead of the 70-80s@120% efforts, maybe I will practice doing microbursts. #trusttheplan?
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Haven’t had a crack at this little beauty for quite some time. Trainer was playing its usual Friday Games with power spikes thrown in, just for fun.
Got through in one piece so that’s a win 
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We seem to have pretty similar workout routines 
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Did a 40 minute assessment this morning, have another scheduled for next Friday. Think I can improve my pacing a bit based on what I learned here. Happy to have been able to increase slightly as things went on
0:00-10:00 - 350
10:00-20:00 - 357
20:00-30:00 - 355
30:00-40:00 - 373
Think with a bit higher start I could increase the average
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I’m so sorry. OMG. 8.5 months! I hope you feel okay now and are on the road back and will be even stronger than before in no time. It’s raging around where I live now and I am so worried about it. Take care,
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