It’s been about 5 days since I last hopped on the bike. That short hiit session I nope’d out of. Rather than hitting 0% mWR with the wattage of last Tuesday, I lowered it by 10 watts and hit 10% mWR. It was still challenging, but I’m glad I changed it. I’ve been ‘cheating’ and pushing a little more each time because more is better… right?
Instead of an FTP test in 2 weeks, I’m going to sign up for a Zwift TT or Hill climb, somewhere in the 15-20k range. Something that should take 20-30 minutes. It’ll be more fun than just an assessment all by my lonesome.
First ride after my 216km on Sunday. I generally like to have a day off the bike for every 100km of an event / long ride. Thus I made yesterday a rest day, swapping it from the original rest day Friday. Friday is now VO2 Max long HIIT. Form climbed to -30 today, back in the bottom of optimal range. Just over an hour of aerobic development. About right for the legs today.
Mild today and felt like I could have worn shorts.
Saw this lovely post box cover today, 68 years of marriage!
Second day back on my rebuilt recumbent with power meter. Yesterday was a recovery day and my rides were just test rides as I adjusted things. Nice to have my old buddy real time workout reserve back, as well a cadence and power.
Paced it to a minimum 4% workout reserve by the end.
Felt good being back on my more lively and agile ride.
VO2 max intervals today. I opted for long HIIT as per my preferences outdoors. Just a couple of intervals as I’m in a taper for my next event that starts on Friday, a 24hr event. Athletica schedules a VO2 primer in these weeks. Because of the nature of my events, I prefer to do my main VO2 a couple of days before the event, then an easy aerobic the day before as a final bike check. I rarely do the primer.
Hit a new personal best, with a min WR of -13%. That little bit of extra freshness from the taper.
Haven’t been on the bike much these past 2 weeks. Life’s been extra, so training had to be reduced. I can feel the decline in fitness, but the session went well. Happy I was able to get back on the bike today. mWR of 10% for a quick SE session.
I aim for a return to consistency over the next few weeks. I’m going to delay the fitness assessment that I had planned for this weekend. Maybe a month from now.
Hey there! Thank you for the invitation! However, my regular patient schedule doesn’t leave me free before 14h EST on Wednesdays. I can reliably free up 14-16h, but before that is only if there are cancellations. Like this morning and my SE session.
Big weekend hopefully for me coming up, 3 weeks out from Valencia 70.3
Long run on Friday or Saturday, up to 2 hours in Z2. Then Sunday I have planned a 2.5 hour bike ride on my tri bike to get used to that again, then a 5 mile road race almost straight off it (allowing for stopping and waiting for the race to start)
I’ve always struggled to hit my running pace when doing a triathlon but this training plan has definitely pushed me to do that more, plus I’ve gotten a lot better with nutrition.
One month to IMTX. I was ill pretty much all March, cold that sat deep mixed with a good dose of Texas allergies
I’m counting on my amazing build up until end of February, and another three weeks of solid training still ahead of me. This weekend started with a solid swim
Somehow talked myself into thinking that the pool would be open today. Instead of a swim-run, then, I intended just to keep the run. Alas, contrary to the Weather app, the rain never ceased. So, off I went to Watopia again!
Dug deep this weekend with
3.8k swim Friday (sun beating me down- the outdoor pool is no longer just teeny wee bit perfectly cool, and I was running hot at night so poor sleep before my)
4plus hr bike with race pace efforts (tx humidity and warm is back) and
2.5hr run on Sunday starting “conveniently” during afternoon humidity to match the most likely to be race day conditions.
WR is quite the tool. I’m impressed how well it tracks with my feel. Pretty tired at -19%
Mentally not ready for the heat&humidity. is it just mental barrier - or do my genetics really play a such big role in my inability to perform in the heat? Is there a way to love the heat? Please tell me if you’ve found a way …
There’s a lot to be said for acclimatizing to the heat and humidity. The more time you can spend outside in the heat, the better your body will get used to it.
Yes…Texas heat is the real deal. I hate it and I’ve dealt with it for decades haha.
Workout called for some strength intervals on the bike today, so I picked a climb ride on zwift, that fit the rough time I was targeting and off I went. About 30-45 minutes in, I’m wondering what’s going on…I had about 10 miles to go, minimal climbing and seemed like I was going to breeze through it…Then I pulled up the map…The last 8 miles were Alpe Du Zwift. Whoops.
So just over an hour later, I summited and frankly probably came pretty close to the 3a/3b intervals that the workout called for.
Lesson learned…look at the map before deciding on the ride!
everyone 
at night so poor sleep before my)
is it just mental barrier - or do my genetics really play a such big role in my inability to perform in the heat? Is there a way to love the heat? Please tell me if you’ve found a way … 
