Cycling Workouts: Discussion/Encouragement/Sharing/Banter

[Ming the Merciless]

An aerobic long ride up to Peterborough, via Holme. Lovely day to be out. Train home.

 

[HLaB]

A short recovery ride for me at lunchtime. I've the same thing scheduled for tomorrow and if it's dry I'll do it outside again.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

@HLaB My ride took me through Holme and Yaxley last week.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

VO2 Max work yesterday. Recovery day today and long endurance ride tomorrow.

 

[Norry1]

3 x 10 mins at Threshold for me today.

It is gonna sting as my coach has increased my FTP again after me doing my best ever 10 and 20 minute powers last week whilst climbing The Gospel Pass. However, I find it hard to put out the same power on flat road.

 

[HLaB]

Deja vue of yesterday's ride down from Yaxley to Conington via Holme for a couple of recovery laps. It wasn't half windy, on the way down Holme Road I was 22.9mph for 159w and on the way back in the cooldown I was only 13.2mph for 127w.

 

[Norry1]

3 x 10 mins at Threshold for me today.

It is gonna sting as my coach has increased my FTP again after me doing my best ever 10 and 20 minute powers last week whilst climbing The Gospel Pass. However, I find it hard to put out the same power on flat road.

Yep, that was tough. Just about managed it.

I also tested a fix the guys on the FB "TrainingPeaks Virtual Riders and Racers" page suggested to me to fix the fact that I couldn't get decent Frames Per Second on TPV. It worked and I was back up to 110-140 FPS which looked really nice.


View: https://youtu.be/51oXlJxLrP0

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Long endurance ride of 5 hours completed. Shorter endurance outing tomorrow and threshold at weekend.

 

[Norry1]

Long endurance ride of 5 hours completed. Shorter endurance outing tomorrow and threshold at weekend.

Good ork, probably quite chilly.

I have a 4-5 hr ride to do on Sunday.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Good ork, probably quite chilly.

I have a 4-5 hr ride to do on Sunday.

Yes it was like cycling in a snow globe at one point. But roads were ice free, so all good.

 

[Legs]

My legs felt really heavy this morning and I nearly packed up in the first green block (2 minutes at 255W) in this workout, but just about stuck with the plan.

 

[CXRAndy]

Sunday is going to be cold 3 degrees all morning rising to dizzy 8 in the afternoon

 

[Norry1]

Sunday is going to be cold 3 degrees all morning rising to dizzy 8 in the afternoon

Yep, I won't be riding till it is 7C, so probably 11-4.

I was planning to do my Club's Reliability Ride but that starts at 9am - too cold for an old man like me

 

[HLaB]

With last week being a recovery week (and me doing the sessions outdoors) and I took days off and had long cycles the week before, tonight was my first indoor session in a while. I had threshold workout tonight (Isabel) although a lot of it was pushing into Z5. It was actually scheduled for tomorrow but before temperatures rise again I chose to do it tonight.






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If the forecast is right for Thursday I may take my next scheduled SS workout outdoors.

 

[Norry1]

After what seems a very long time doing Z2 / threshold work, am I a bit sad to be looking forward to today's workout which is 2 x 6 1min on / 1min recovery?

Have to see what power I can maintain for the 1 minute "on"s.