What workout did you do today? (2020, part 2)

[PusherMan]

Slowly getting back into this training lark

[ellotheth]

Jepson:

Really surprised myself with this one. First couple intervals felt like sweet spot, so I nudged up to 103% for the third, and then 106% for the last, and it was all relatively comfortable? Which is not how I would typically describe (sub-)threshold and definitely not how the 3x12 last week felt, or even the freaking sweet-spot-n-stomp nonsense over the weekend. I’ve been pedaling through mud with burning legs for two months, this felt so good it was weird.

[Thomas_De_Kesel]

Carson today ! day off tomorrow after 4 days in a row !

[adski]

Enjoy the change of scenery

[holybinch]

I’ll spare you the tales of recovery week. Just bumped all the workouts to get another 30 mins on top.
Sunday, did truuli -2 as an opener before monday’s ramp test:

Nice and spiky, eh!

Monday, Ramp test:

Back to “before injury” level, up from 214 to 225. Delighted.
Also, in two minds about “estimate FTP”
As I reached 214, it was motivational (c’mon, you’ve got this, from here on, it’s only pure improvement…)
As I reached 220, it become demotivational (you’ve done enough, why do you do that to yourself…)

Bout of lower back pain after rearranging rooms around the house, but still, I had a good night sleep, so today, I managed to motivate myself to hop on the trainer, convincing myself it would actually help with the back (didn’t hurt, but I can’t tell it did help either)
I had conveniently “forgotten” that it would be with my new FTP… cue, Ebbetts:

I was dying in the first set, and in the second, i was ready to bail out, but… I got rescue by my hero, mister DHL. Having to stop, open the door, etc, gave me the mental break I needed to soldier on for the rest of the workout. Fantastic!

[karw88]

As you can see I came to complete halt after the last interval. Almost puked and had to spit on my floor too. Brutal.

[4ibanez]

Warren. Man that dragged even with some Netflix accompaniment. Until I started Traditional Base I’d never noticed my Castelli bibs are a little too narrow in the pad (on the trainer at least). This plan finds all your weaknesses!

[cmc274]

Been off the bike for 2 weeks and consistency has non existent last 6 weeks due to some extenuating family circumstances, so started back at SSB1MV today. Should have probably retested given my elevated HR but I’ll give it a few workouts to see if it settles down.

[FatherDamo2]

Bear Creek
Just an over under session for me. Suffered enough with this one last week and couldn’t bear the last over under set around the volcano so split the difference and turned around and did a volcano climb at FTP. Better than quitting early I guess.

[Nope0337]

2x20 at 96%. I did the same workout last week and the week prior all between 95-97% and this one my HR is 10bpm lower on each interval in comparison to both of the others. And based on my notes, it was nowhere near as hard too. Winning!

[jarsson]

One of these days when you have unlimited power, no chain in the bike, your legs work truly like a pistons etc. 4x15@97% w 3min brakes. Ride was fueled by 1kg of lasagna before so proper nutrition

[HLaB]

Seems to be my Wednesday staple, Pettit again.

For the colours

At least I was able to watch a relive of the Giro

[codybraithwaite7]

2x45 @ 85%FTP.

The first interval went by quickly.
The second interval was brutal. The average cadence dropped from 88 to 83.

Now onto 1x90…maybe

[karw88]

Very tough week before a recovery week!
Need better nutrition and rest. Or it’s just a bad week.

First time not being able to finish a workout.

[aclsf]

Jepson today. I’m mentally weak at extended threshold and SS work, but small steps/changes in power help breakup a long block. I’d rather do something like this, over-unders like Mary Austin or Leconte, than sustained power stuff like Mount Goode or Galena.

[Jamie_Kelly]

Feeling bummed. First workout I’ve bailed out of this year

Not sure what was wrong, drank Gatorade bottle rather than usual SIS drink and felt sick in stomach but that might just be an excuse. Regret trying to push 102% in second set too! Hubris…

[PusherMan]

Nice and relaxed. HR seems to be returning to post-break levels too. Lets see if I’m saying that after tomorrow’s O/U session…

[Trenbull]

Back to base now. Remaining on my old ftp without a ramp, see how it goes, managed ok. Onwards.

[Nope0337]

Bike was making a creaking sound from the saddle yesterday. Tried fixing it. 6 minutes in I was still annoyed by the creaking. Tried tightening a different volt and it snapped. Probably where the creaking was coming from, some janky nail.

Used a torque wrench and everything. Now I have to find this proprietary ring because I have a caad 12 with a different sized seat post

I’m so annoyed. I hate when I decide to sleep in and not work out because I’m tired or don’t feel well. It makes my whole day feel crummy. But this is a whole new level I wasn’t prepared for! It was just going to be a recovery day, but still

[jarsson]

Some endurance to spin the legs. According to zones more of a tempo than Z2. 0% decoupling is a nice information.