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I saw some of the rides that guy was doing.  Craziness!

Turns out my 20k TT is Thursday and not today.  They posted the wrong date on the FB page..

The suggestion of getting a good video of your swim is a good one.  Something above and below water from lots of angles is perfect.  

What is your masters group like, are they good solid workouts?  Are there people there to push you hard so that you finish a set and just hang off the end of the wall completely spent, unable to speak because your only focus is breathing?

I think the swim video option is a great one as well if you don't have a local coach.  There are a few good (based on some reviews) sites that let you submit video and they'll break it all down for you and tell you what to focus on, etc.  The big thing is getting the angles they want, and ensuring you have repeatability each time you submit video to them.

Well shucks - it did work.  I didn't think it was setup properly because the TP site never asked for my GC login information, so I'm stumped as to how that all happened (maybe because I was logged into GC when I did it).  Either way, it synced my ride from last night right away which was great.

Now, I really hope BT can do the same because I do like having my logs here so people can see what I've been up to when I ask training/volume questions.  I read another link from Ray though that said Garmin were going to charge sites and apps $5K to be able to use the API, so I'm guessing this one is costing BT.

This mere mortal can only dream - for Pro cyclists it goes to show what a lifetime on a bike can do for you.  Still hard to believe a guy like Rogers just managed his first stage win after a decade of riding the TDF.

Yup...actually, a better comparison is the one day classics.  I've seen power files where guys that don't even finish in the lead pack are throwing down 340w AP for 3.5 hours of a 6.5 hour race.

73kg / 160lbs according to the Tinkoff-Saxo team page.

Either this or the GoPro would be a great start.  Will your pool let you take video while you swim? Mine won't  - although if I explained why and did it first thing when they open up they probably would.

I'd also recommend video if there are no other options.  Helps to see from an objective perspective.   I saw my stroke once, it was awful on many levels

Soooo, without getting into too much detail, I've been out of training since the SOS trial run Sunday, and likely 2-4 more days.  Won't get too graphic but we have so many docs here, I am sure they understand, urgent care, staph and a scalpel.   Have to stay out of the water for a bit as a result, and the location makes riding or running...  inconvenient.

Will have to miss the first race of '14, our local 2 mile pier to pier swim Sunday.   That's always a good shirt to wear.   Hopefully will be good to go in 10 days in Milwaukee.   Not ideal the week before nationals, but hey I was never going to worlds anyway.... Going to play by ear and see how it goes.  

I was getting down on myself a bit about the Whistler race.  I knew the run was a long shot, but I was mostly disappointed by the bike.  I hit my target power numbers almost perfectly but on that day it was still too high.

Well, I went back through some old log entries and found a pic I had posted to myself from golden cheetah.  It's a chart of power for rides before and after my PE:

I think I'm around 215 FTP at the moment, so it's coming back.  Slowly.  I'm hoping to get back around 250 this offseason.

Hehe. The way some things just fly by people can be entertaining. I've improved kicking, core and body position noticeably from awhile ago. Swimming ability has not improved (just thinking freestyle here). I've had several points where I was faster than now, at least consistently training faster. None of these things have mattered if they I haven't tied them to front end improvement, namely around the catch. Sheila T's explanation of the Pareto Principle seems so very true, and so very lost on some.

Given your speed in the water I'd hate to think how my stroke looks to a swimmer.

No doubts that you will be back there, and you're on the right track at the moment.

Pretty sure my stroke is so bad that even you would laugh...LOL.

TT done.  It wasn't an official race so I won't do a RR.  Here are the details.

Distance: 19.6 km
Time: 31:01
Speed: 37.9 km/hr
AP: 289w (295w out for 16:45 , 285w back for 13:46)
NP: 292w
Elevation: 800 feet according to Strava.  That seems a bit high but it was way hillier than I expected!

Edit to add Strava link - http://www.strava.com/activities/173718294

Nice work and (massive) neg split

Thanks, I added a link to the Strava file.  It was basically uphill out, downhill return.