SBR Utopia - OPEN (Page 150)

Ouch, sorry to hear that, for those involved. It seems like you really have a good group of folks to train with, which is pretty cool.

I don't know that the higher effort riding is necessarily a problem if you can recover from it. If that's ok, it might help to know more specifics about how it was hard. If it does get to be a bit much, in general you do want to keep up with the group, so maybe go with a bit easier (or less difficult) of a group or on your own for some of the rides.

And to the bolded, don't you work somewhere along the lines of medical robotics?

Arend,

That is very cool. 

Add me to the dummy list.  First time the free hub popped off I looked at it in horror wondering what I had just done.  Never once dawned on me to do that when installing the disc cover...

You calling me a wimp???  Actually I think that could be a very real possibility.  I keep telling myself I need to do some (not a lot) of strength training to correct some imbalances, and srengthen certain areas that I'm simply not improving with SBR, but that are impacted by SBR.  It's just finding the time...

Those are great times, arend!!

And I agree, Sally, I don't have the courage to do a swim race.  I'm somewhat interested (same with a TT as well), but so very intimidated!

Thanks, I was glad to have them for my myself, it's been a while since I had any video at all.  Still trying to figure out how to get some underwater shots.

Welcome Jim! 

Our door is always open whenever you want to pop in.  

Ok, thanks Melissa. Sounds like it's mostly the taper having a bigger effect than I thought then. I'll be fine in the 1650 free. The 50 fly was more puzzling, though I should be fine from any psyche outs as I just wanted to do the event, kind of expecting to be behind. I put 37 as I don't really know for sure. First 10 in my age are 30 sec or faster. Then me. Then another guy who may need a break at the wall.

Feel free to pop in any time.  You would be an excellent resource to the group.

ditto on your stroke/speed Arend. Did I miss the answer to your question? What was the one simple thing?

as for the free hub removal, I learned tha on ST. . Arend, just pull on the cassette with the skewer out. Literally that easy. There is a small black sort of locking "nut" that will come off. Then just push the cassette back on and the press down the nut until it snaps. It's a little scary that it can come off so easily but I guess it stays on the bike by magic. I did tape the cover to the drive side so that took a little time. Used packing tape and worked fine

my biggest win of the weekend is finally going out to get new work khakis in the proper size and a new belt, since all my pants were way too baggy, and I am a once a year shopping guy

Edited by ChrisM 2013-04-22 10:01 AM

I see instantaneous values all over the place too. It was his AP that dropped by 7. After you've been riding for a bit, it should remain more steady as there are more data points in that average. it would take a much bigger variation to change it, or a smaller held for a much longer time. Even when it's really hilly, my average can stay fairly consistent late in a ride.

And I don't have a PowerTap, so never had the inclination to go look for what you found!

Putting myself thru a little exercise in self-torture this morning.....

Last Monday prior to the start of Boston I put a post on my facebook page about wanting to go back to race Boston since I hadn't raced there since my one and only time in 1999 despite having re-qualified 9x since then.  That was before the bombings.  Ever since the tragedy of last Monday I keep saying to myself "I want to go back in 2014".  Then the reality of my 2013 race schedule stares me in the face....Triple T in May, 2 short local races in June and July, IM M-T in August and IM Arizona in November.  Entry for Boston opens up in September and will no doubt sell out in near record time due to this year's events.  That doesn't give many "windows" in which to run a qualifying marathon.  Grandmas Marathon is June 22...8 weeks from today.   I've raced there 4x before, its my favorite marathon course, and have run a 2:51 there a couple times.  I have been telling myself I won't do another stand alone marathon until after I KQ.  But now KQ seems like a secondary goal for some reason.  Having grown up in Mass, skipping high school classes to drive to Boston to see the race, etc is making this even more difficult.  After having been at this endurance racing game for almost 35 years I know all the pros and cons of squeezing in a marathon.   I've got the Grandmas race entry website page sitting in the background on my browser.....hmmmmmm

Chris - I like to ride with 3sec power and lap power (by default I have this set as 5km, but will remove the default if I'm doing any intervals longer than 9-10min).  I found the instant power is just a bit too jumpy, and 3sec smooths the variability a bit.  Being able to see lap power at the same time, on the same screen is good feedback for how you're really doing.  If I was just looking at current power all the time (which I've foolishly done during a race) I'd not really have a clear picture of what I was doing at that point in time (talking minutes rather than seconds).  Just my 2 cents.

Oh, it was already on 3 sec.  It wasn't jumping around like current power, I was just unable to hold a power for 20 minutes on the road.  I should add I had 3 90 degree turns for each interval, plus traffic and lights.  It was not an ideal set up to do 3 x 20 anything, but it was such a nice day there was no way I doing that on the trainer

I was also showing HR (holdover from prior ride), and time for the intervals.  If I was showing AP or NP, it wouldn't really be all that accurate, would it, as there was an easy warmup and 5 minutes of soft pedaling between the 20s?

BTW, here she is all dolled up.  I know it's not a proper drive side photo but this is BT

I said no such thing  

It is hard to fit one more thing into a plan where you are already doing 3 different things. I totally get that. BUT, if you establish just a small supplemental routine (like say, 15-20 minutes?) it makes a big difference over a period of time. 

Nice looking ride!

You can set your AP and NP per lap - not just overall ride, so it will be very accurate.  You just have to keep in mind that when you start a new lap or interval (at least on a Garmin) the AP resets immediately, but the NP is carrying over from the previous lap/interval.  I can't remember the details on how this piece works, but for me, NP is useful as an overall metric, and when I'm into longer intervals or overall ride.