Followed this up with an easy 2 mi Run to Vote (by mail-in ballot). Beautiful day to stretch the legs and do my civic duty. 
Insane mental fortitude to stay on the turbo for three hours.
Round 2 and so far so good. Thought about Maggie’s which is my usual go to for an hour of endurance. Really like constant changes of the Baxter type rides and hadn’t done this one before so I gave it a whirl. Definitely an enjoyable one. Heart rate stable and in range. Legs opening up nicely, cadence on point.
I’ve decided longer 2x SS@90 sessions are my future. Shooting for 2x60@90. This week was 2x40.
Friday I tried erg mode, and made progress. But eventually my cadence spiralled down and after the break I couldn’t spin back up properly. The pistons were not firing so to speak.
After a fun 4 hrs endurance ride outdoors yesterday, I took another crack at 2x40 today. This time in resistance mode (but no HR on TR). I’m pleased to say it worked out ok.
Pistons definitely firing after the break, so I decided to squeeze in a 2-3 min vo2max-like effort chasing a time on a zwift climb (I missed by 0.1 s, argh!) Then I ran out of water and had to get some. I drank over 2L and still lost 2kg pre/post workout weight. Seems like a lot?!
Next week I’m closing out this training block. I’ve booked myself two SS sessions, progressing from 2x45 then maybe even 2x50, plus 2 vo2max sessions, which are at 2.5min and 3min in the progression.
Resistance mode, you’re all I’ve been missing (I hope!)
Ramp Test day entering Specialty phase of a ~16 week plan for a since-cancelled event. Started with the LSCT warmup:
HR was lower than previous attempts at this workout with pretty good HR recovery at the end, so presumably that meant all systems go for the Ramp Test:
FTP bump of 5 watts, I possibly could have pushed on for 5-10 more seconds of the final step to add a whole watt or so, but happy to see any improvement. This gets me to 3.84 W/kg, OK for an old bloke and getting to the magical 4 isn’t totally out of the question. In any case it’s my best test result so far on TR.
Rounded off with Volunteer to spin out the legs:
Are you only looking to do group workouts? You can do the workouts anytime through the workout picker screen (I’ve done #2 and #3 this way). Or did you mean the times of the group rides don’t fit?
I was referring to event times and group suffering. I’m sure last year I did all my workouts, social rides and events in a group format. Did make me push that bit harder. Not even sure they are doing group workouts, I’ve given up looking. Do seem a lot less ZA events this year on the event calendar.
As others have mentioned this year it’s more aimed at seeing what power you put out for length of time, I guess that has also put me off, if you think about it you’re not going to change much in 8 workouts I guess. So I’m just pottering around at the moment, resting more than working which is good for the body, but not totally switching off.
I’m sure I’ll be starting a proper training plan soon when I pick up a TR base plan, when I feel mentally ready to commit.
Mt Deborah +1. This was a disconcerting struggle - a couple of weeks ago the VO2/AC workouts in Build had 3 minute intervals about 20-30W higher than these and I reckon I found this set harder 
Hopefully just an underfuelling issue or something to do with it being the first workout back after a rest week & yesterday’s ramp test.
I’ve got that one tomorrow. It’s such a fun one.
We need to start a Tunnabora fan club.
Funnabora
SURVIVABLE. Tickr refused to cooperate and I gave up eventually. Had a couple wild trance-y moments near the end where I stopped thinking and trying and focusing and just felt, wish I knew how to do that on purpose.
Found some helpful notes from past-me for Spencer +2 next week 
LOVE that note to yourself.
It is very much what I need to hear for Spencer +2, lemme tell you 
