SBR Utopia - OPEN (Page 148)

So just a quick shout-out - thanks for that, Goosedog - what in the world would the rest of us do if not for folks like you that take on all that stress for the rest of us. I hope it goes well for you and the rest of the organizers as well as your community - I know this race has a a great deal of added meaning for you in light of the ongoing events in Boston.

I'm sending a care package to your friend.  Hope she likes macadamia nuts. 

I did another FTP test on the trainer and was down from 115 ftp to 97. thats kind of a bummer. I just didn't have anything in the tank this morning. The Insanity Workout is INSANE!!! It's thrashing me. love it. :=)

Thanks! Yanti warned me not to put big azz pics in there but I did it anyway, I'm such a rebel. 

Big pictures rock. And nice job with the race.

I had an awesome 80 mile group ride today. 

My new bike is ready and has shipped, so I should get it this coming week. Maybe I'll be on it for next week's group ride!

Nice! Can't wait to get outside for these types of rides.

Rode to Blender. 1:40 with a bunch around threshold, some VO2 and 18 sprints. Love how they put more threshold work after the sprints. IF: .87 today. Think I can do better when I get used to suffering more again.

Awesome rides both inside and out Sally, Ben and Melissa (although Melissa you are a little nuts - been paying too much attention to Yanti's training it seems?).

I had a great ride today as well - only 35 miles, but 4000+ feet of climbing. Went hard from the get-go chasing some personal bests, and wound up and an IF of .95 for 2:09. I was totally spent at the end, but it was fun. Sort of.

Great ride today, 55 miles, 5800 feet of climbing, some with friends, the last two climbs solo.   Even met up with the "donut" group ride I referenced earlier at the bottom of one of the climbs, and made my way well through the pack (assuming they were working.....)  NP 231

SO, I Know what IF stands for, but is there a scale as to what is good, bad or indifferent?  Garmin shows IF of 1.15, but no idea if that is a good thing or a bad thing.

I'm jealous of all the great rides you all are getting in.  I'm hoping to join the club tomorrow!

Masters swim meet was this evening, results as follows:

50 Breast - 36.7 - just ok, I don't swim that stroke fast very often so not used to going fast with it
50 Fly - 30.7 - pretty good
1500 free - 20:00.6 - really??  I couldn't just push off one wall a bit harder or something? LOL.  Still really, really happy with that, it's 30+ seconds faster than the last 1500 TT I did a couple of months ago.
100 free - 1:02 - The 1500 had done me in so I was dead at the 50.

I think I was second overall in the two 50s, first in the 1500 and I think first in the 100 but there was a couple of guys in the first heat that went pretty fast and I don't know what their times were.  Didn't stick around for the awards meal because it was late.

I'm jealous of all the great rides you all are getting in.  I'm hoping to join the club tomorrow!

Masters swim meet was this evening, results as follows:

50 Breast - 36.7 - just ok, I don't swim that stroke fast very often so not used to going fast with it
50 Fly - 30.7 - pretty good
1500 free - 20:00.6 - really??  I couldn't just push off one wall a bit harder or something? LOL.  Still really, really happy with that, it's 30+ seconds faster than the last 1500 TT I did a couple of months ago.
100 free - 1:02 - The 1500 had done me in so I was dead at the 50.

I think I was second overall in the two 50s, first in the 1500 and I think first in the 100 but there was a couple of guys in the first heat that went pretty fast and I don't know what their times were.  Didn't stick around for the awards meal because it was late.

I'm jealous of all the great rides you all are getting in.  I'm hoping to join the club tomorrow!

Masters swim meet was this evening, results as follows:

50 Breast - 36.7 - just ok, I don't swim that stroke fast very often so not used to going fast with it
50 Fly - 30.7 - pretty good
1500 free - 20:00.6 - really??  I couldn't just push off one wall a bit harder or something? LOL.  Still really, really happy with that, it's 30+ seconds faster than the last 1500 TT I did a couple of months ago.
100 free - 1:02 - The 1500 had done me in so I was dead at the 50.

I think I was second overall in the two 50s, first in the 1500 and I think first in the 100 but there was a couple of guys in the first heat that went pretty fast and I don't know what their times were.  Didn't stick around for the awards meal because it was late.

That means you need to reset your FTP in the Garmin, most likely. Or somewhere else. If I don't set it right in my Garmin (Edge 800), it might override anything in the software programs I'll load it into. It did for GarminConnect, but I think Strava and TrainingPeaks were ok.

1.0 is at FTP, and pretty sure that took more than an hour, more than 8-12 minutes-ish really, so it's off somewhere. 231/1.15 = FTP of 201. From what you've been posting, it should be quite a bit higher than that.

Then more to your question, it's really about what you want out of the ride. Or what you want out of certain parts of the ride, like during intervals. It can help determine various training zones you're working in. Table 1 over here helps with that.

I'm jealous of all the great rides you all are getting in.  I'm hoping to join the club tomorrow!

Masters swim meet was this evening, results as follows:

50 Breast - 36.7 - just ok, I don't swim that stroke fast very often so not used to going fast with it
50 Fly - 30.7 - pretty good
1500 free - 20:00.6 - really??  I couldn't just push off one wall a bit harder or something? LOL.  Still really, really happy with that, it's 30+ seconds faster than the last 1500 TT I did a couple of months ago.
100 free - 1:02 - The 1500 had done me in so I was dead at the 50.

I think I was second overall in the two 50s, first in the 1500 and I think first in the 100 but there was a couple of guys in the first heat that went pretty fast and I don't know what their times were.  Didn't stick around for the awards meal because it was late.

My wife took some video of the 100 free and parts of the 1500.  It's just crappy iPhone video so the quality isn't great.

100 Free - I am in lane 5, just right of the clock on the wall at the start

1500 Free part 1 - this is around the 600m mark

1500 Free part 2 - this is around the 1000m mark

1500 Free part 3 - the final 100

The video looked great.. amazing what can be done on a phone now. Congrats on your strong performances Arend. It sounds like you had fun. :=)