I am also trying to figure out how to squeeze in everything with added traffic in the mornings. I might have to cut my runs a little.
I thought I had figured it out with 30 minute TrainNow intensity workouts and longer endurance rides, but I think I might have exhausted the extent to which the mini workouts push fitness, at least for threshold and below. Today, it didn’t suggest any productive 30 minute threshold workouts. Hope there is more in there, otherwise I’m gonna need to find more time for Threshold days.
Finished off the week with another Tempo session. They’re an interesting beast. I’m carrying a lot of fatigue for a very low training load for the week.
Will see what the body is ready for next week. Currently have a version of Wright Peak scheduled for Monday, but I’m not really ready for (or capable of) 94% of a too high FTP. Maybe just some more Z2/Tempo time on the trainer.
Did you do it with ERG on. I can’t see in detail up close as lol, I have my contacts in #Auldageblindness But its sounds like you have strong Anaerobic energy If so try swapping to Resistance mode and pushing as hard as you can during the 25s intervals and you soon won’t find them pointless
I’ve been mostly riding for fun & mental health benefits so far this year but seeing I’ve got a 100k mtb race coming up in 7 weeks, I figured I really need ti do some work to get ready! My “plan” is to do 1 indoor workout per week, usually will be vo2, an outside vo2 for longer internal lengths & an outside slightly Supra threshold session. Yesterday I did 3 sets of 3x3 on a short, 1/2 mile jeep trail near one of my favorite trail networks. I really need to do outdoor workouts more often!
I would love to commute but there are no safe bike routes from Manassas, VA to Washington, DC. Plus it’s 50 miles each way. If I could do that commute by bike, each workday for a year, I might be able to join the pro peleton based on volume alone!
The easy answer is to shorten my morning workouts. I’m still toying with the idea of N+1. Anacostia Park and Haynes Point are low traffic, well lit areas where I could bike safely in the morning. If I got a gravel bike I might even be able to hit parts of the C&O Canal.
Okay, that one was officially hard. I’ve noticed I have a hard time giving a workout that isn’t vo2, a “very hard” or “all out”. At the end, I always say to myself “I could do one more if I had to”. Maybe I need harder workouts then
Was actually pretty proud of myself. Don’t know how many times I told myself I’d quit. Did extend a couple of the rest periods by a minute or so but did all the work straight through. Gotta say, the instructions did carry me through a bit. Also, watching stage 20 of the Giro helped! They were suffering way more than me!
I can’t seem to get back to being able to do back to back workouts on the weekend. Sunday ends up having to be a recovery ride. A couple weeks ago, I did my 90min hard Saturday workout and failed monitor the following day. I couldn’t even do one interval my legs were so tired, and my SS level was over 7
Should I just keep riding on Sundays, even doing the chill ride and hope eventually I’ll be able to do moderate workouts on Sunday after a hard Saturday? Or am I just missing something
FWIW, the last time I was able to do the back to back was exactly a year ago so maybe I need more than 12 weeks to adapt to this
Recovery week. Yesterday couldn’t do the workout so did both today. First time doing 3 hours on the trainer. Not feeling to great after. Going to avoid doing this ever again.
But its sounds like you have strong Anaerobic energy 
If so try swapping to Resistance mode and pushing as hard as you can during the 25s intervals and you soon won’t find them pointless 
