Peter Salt
Bittersweet
- Location
- Yorkshire, UK
I'm easy either way - can do any day.
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Legs
usually riding on Zwift...
- Location
- Staffordshire
I'm easy either way, too, @steverob . Thanks.
Great that @Peter Salt 's arduous FRR Tour finishes soon, so he won't have his ridiculous double-dipping tiredness as an excuse! Should have some great form off the back of it and a few days' rest too - bring it on!
Great that @Peter Salt 's arduous FRR Tour finishes soon, so he won't have his ridiculous double-dipping tiredness as an excuse! Should have some great form off the back of it and a few days' rest too - bring it on!
steverob
Guru
- Location
- Buckinghamshire
I will pencil in Thursday 9th as the date for the next round for now then and see how many we get signed up. We can decide what date is best for the final round after that - probably depends upon numbers who sign up for this round.
I've just updated my Blog with my end of February Progress Report if anyone is bored.
https://norryscyclingstuff.weebly.com/blog
https://norryscyclingstuff.weebly.com/blog
Peter Salt
Bittersweet
- Location
- Yorkshire, UK
Cool. Some nice graphs, too. Out of interest - what CTL are you looking to hit and then maintain to consider yourself 'in form'? I've seen that number climb considerably over the last few months and I wonder if there's a threshold where I should ease off.
steverob
Guru
- Location
- Buckinghamshire
Chart for next week's race, because it's a custom length and the Fox Hill segment is weird (starts after the climbing has begun, then finishes well after the summit):
Imperial distances gathered from a video of a previous ride I did, then converted to metric so those numbers may be off slightly.
Imperial distances gathered from a video of a previous ride I did, then converted to metric so those numbers may be off slightly.
alex_cycles
Veteran
- Location
- Oxfordshire
I’ve seen articles where it talks about 100 as being about as high as an amateur can usually sustain.
Peter Salt
Bittersweet
- Location
- Yorkshire, UK
So... We're going up the hill twice. Oof
Yeah but twice !!!
Legs
usually riding on Zwift...
- Location
- Staffordshire
So... We're going up the hill twice. Oof
Fox is a really nice hill - steepest parts near the bottom, not too long so you can go up there well over FTP… at least on the second lap!
In 2021, before my hip problem, I did a massive base building period and got my CTL to 96 by the beginning of April 2022. I was just about to start sharpening for the outdoor race season when firstly I got covid when on a training week in Calpe and then found my hip needed replacing.
It was really depressing watching all that fitness just drain away.
Peter Salt
Bittersweet
- Location
- Yorkshire, UK
I'm at 99.7 after stage 13 of FRR today. Quite a significant increase in a short time too - up from about 62.0 on 1st October '22. It does feel hard now.
Legs
usually riding on Zwift...
- Location
- Staffordshire
I’m at 35, which is the highest I’ve been at since August 2021. That’s a 1-hour workout or a race every 2 or 3 days. If I did much more, either my knees would get sore(r), my wife would start missing me, or I’d start falling asleep at work.
That said, I think I’m going to be doing my 3x AdZ ride on Friday night, probably starting at 8pm. First two ascents I’ll be aiming for as close to 3.2W/kg as possible. Join me through ‘Join A Zwifter’ if you want - if not, at least chuck a Ride On my way! I might be on Discord if I can find my earphones!
