@Doug, I had one of those rides a few weeks ago, brutal. It would have been great to have had a hot tub available after that ride to thaw!
Yesterday's 4 hour ride went much better than the previous week's long ride, both comfort and energy levels. I was a little below the power targets but not by too much; it probably didn't help that I bumped the FTP up this week as well. Got the 1 hour run done after that with a negative split and the legs felt good the whole time. Felt really good afterwards as well so that helped put last Saturday to rest. Also got a nice solid hour of swimming in this morning.
Finally got my MTB out for a ride below doesn't count the 2 miles out and back in for a coat! Avg Power: 132 W Max Power: 458 W Max Avg Power (20 min): 151 W Normalized Power (NP): 183 W Intensity Factor (IF): 0.914 Training Stress Score (TSS): 64.5 Work: 371 kJ Time: 46:51 11.6miles Moving Time: 46:47 Avg Speed: 14.8 mph Avg Moving Speed: 14.9 mph Max Speed: 25.2 mph Did a new Calibration ride....power seems about right for RPE/HR
Not doing the PLAN long Z3 work today -the 1 hr MTB + yoga/stretches etc will be enough me thinks. Foot is really starting to be distressing. That achy pain ya get with a FX. No so big deal except its causing me to adjust foot strike which is causing other issues..... gerrr.
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Yesterday's 4 hour ride went much better than the previous week's long ride, both comfort and energy levels. I was a little below the power targets but not by too much; it probably didn't help that I bumped the FTP up this week as well. Got the 1 hour run done after that with a negative split and the legs felt good the whole time. Felt really good afterwards as well so that helped put last Saturday to rest. Also got a nice solid hour of swimming in this morning.
Avg Power: 132 W
Max Power: 458 W
Max Avg Power (20 min): 151 W
Normalized Power (NP): 183 W
Intensity Factor (IF): 0.914
Training Stress Score (TSS): 64.5
Work: 371 kJ
Time: 46:51 11.6miles
Moving Time: 46:47
Avg Speed: 14.8 mph
Avg Moving Speed: 14.9 mph
Max Speed: 25.2 mph
Did a new Calibration ride....power seems about right for RPE/HR
Not doing the PLAN long Z3 work today -the 1 hr MTB + yoga/stretches etc will be enough me thinks.
Foot is really starting to be distressing. That achy pain ya get with a FX. No so big deal except its causing me to adjust foot strike which is causing other issues..... gerrr.