I’ve done outside workouts before but on my MTB so no power just RPE. Today I was on my road bike (it’s been on the trainer for sixteen months and this is only it’s third trip outside in that period!) so it was a case of trying to find a route that I could fit fifteen minute efforts into without there being a big descent in each interval. We live in a hilly area so even the “flat” roads are anything but and even minor descents or down gradients affect the overall power. Really frustrating to see your average power for the interval dive with just a short 100m (distance) descent even when pedalling hard.
The second interval had an unexpected set of road works which held things up and I cut short the last interval as I’d got to the top of a hill and was about to start a longish descent so there’d be no power - going too quick! Tacked on another 90mins of endurance/tempo riding onto the end of the scheduled workout.
Pretty cold - about 2C - but at least it wasn’t raining.
Next week’s a recovery week so I’ll do those workouts outdoors as well.
No riding but probably the last skate of the season. Not the easiest 114 km I’ve done with lots of wind and surface getting soft in the last few hours.
3.5 hours of Z2 with some Z4 thrown in on the hills. Steepest 20% but not super long. Like to rev the HR now and again outdoors on my longer rides. Just so I don’t forget the feel and what the pacing feels like. Very different to feel on turbo.
Rest day tomorrow so that’ll be a walk. Then on Monday my VO2 max work on turbo. Got my 6 hour Z2 scheduled for Thu.
Course recce for a Dawn til Dusk charity ride I’m doing on April 3. We estimate that we’ll complete three laps of this route.
Rode with a team mate (who’s also a TR user ) and I was really pleased with the results. Managed to keep my average HR nicely in the endurance zone, found my rhythm quickly on the climbs and didn’t spike above threshold for too long.
Nutrition was ok-ish. I ate and drank regularly but I needed to eat and drink just a little bit more.
Unusually warm day today so I decided to forgo my VO2 max intervals for my first outdoor ride since October. Originally planned for some structured hill repeats, but being the first outdoor ride of the year, I decided to just have fun and go for some KOMs. Took 30s off my favorite hill!
Winter training has done well for me this year. I set power PRs for everything from 3 min to 12 min, including a nice bump in 5 min power (379->407) and 10 min power (360->374). Pretty stoked!
FINALLY got outside today, first time this year. Not much daylight left being done work at 5:30 but DST next week will help. When it’s short it’s gotta be sweet, 22mph avg I’ll take it!
) and I was really pleased with the results. Managed to keep my average HR nicely in the endurance zone, found my rhythm quickly on the climbs and didn’t spike above threshold for too long.
