Red Lake is so tough. I haven’t done it in ages but I remember thinking it was so hard. You should feel accomplished! Honestly, if this had been a 60 minute workout, I would have opted for an endurance ride. I tell myself I can do anything for 30 minutes.
Thank you, @kjdhawkhill !!
VO2 block is starting off well! This was harder than I thought it would be, but still liked it!
I went up 2 progression levels from Fri to Sat and again from Sat to today’s workout. I’m gonna go a bit backwards tomorrow and do Mills, but it’s 2min intervals so I’m still a bit scared.
Years ago when my threshold was so weak, vo2 was my fave! Now that my SS and threshold are much stronger, vo2 is so much harder 
Can you rent a bike where you’re going for work? Or at least spin on a stationary bike? Maybe a place with Peletons, or a Soul Studio?
I have a pretty packed agenda so renting a bike and riding outside is pretty much out. Plus it’s Vegas and will be 100+. I will try and find a window to squeeze in a quick spin on a bike at the hotel gym. I’m spoiled by nice bikes though and can’t stand those things!
I shifted my flight home to early on Thursday so will at least get in a spin that afternoon before heading up to Tahoe Friday am.
Did Cloud Rest +3, man that was hard, the second half of the last set was just brutal I just wanted to puke my guts out… but made it through, probably the hardest VO2 max workout I did until now…
This was definitely not easy:
But it was probably easier than a normal trail ride around here which kinda makes me feel good!
Yesterday, I did sprints and they killed me:
And Monday was my fave, Tunnabora -5, yup -5, kind of recovery and kind of skills practice:
I need the cadence training every once in a while.
Still enjoying the variety of Train Now. After finishing a full training cycle with ftp increases (and associated PL decreases) I saw similar variations of the same workouts many times over. But here’s what I got yesterday. Stretch workout as I’ve been skipping Saturday SS workouts for a while now to ride outside instead. My PL had tanked - this was a 4.5.
I initially wanted to go all the way to 3 minute intervals, but I think I may stop here with my tiny little short interval workout block. I was considering my next jump being 2.5 minutes at a lesser intensity, but I’m wondering if a 5% drop will make that much of a difference anyway. This workout got my spirits down a bit, and I’m definitely not as excited to do any more vo2 workouts for quite some time.
Looks like you did two days in a row of very hard workouts. I’m not surprised you’re a little down. Don’t forget to give your body time to recover and adapt.
No matter which way you go, have fun and stay strong!
