Ironman USA Lake Placid : Official Thread (Page 19)

A quick question, just how long is a "long" trainer ride for our more northerly friends?

kaburns1214 - 2010-12-17 10:20 AM


I have 4-ish hours tomorrow on the trainer -- that's getting to be "long." 

Because rides on the indoor trainer have no down hills, no stop lights, etc. you can generally apply a 1.3 factor to them. That is, a 100 min ride on trainer is "equivalent" to 130 minutes outside.

KathyG - 2010-12-17 2:22 PM

Enjoy that!

What do you use to entertain you? Movies? Music?

You are inspiring me to stretch out my rides on the CT. I will be off my bike for 2 weeks but hope to get more time on it over the winter. Having a big bike week in mid March will help me to motivate me to work hard on CT.

RJohnson1979 - 2010-12-17 6:59 PMEveryone excited to watch Kona tomorrow on NBC? I love those emotionally manipulative broadcasts!

Ryan

kaburns1214 - 2010-12-18 11:25 kaburns1214 - 2010-12-17 10:20 AM (snip) ...I really can't watch TV because I need to focus to keep my HR and cadence where its supposed to be...  (snip)

carlwithac - 2010-12-20 11:01 AM I just completed an absolutely brutal 20 minute power test and I'm very pleased with my 5% improvement over 4 weeks.

OLD:216
NEW:227

At this point in the game, I'm right on schedule for where I want to be in July.

I hope everyone is getting a well needed opportunity over the holidays to each a ton and train a ton as well!

acumenjay - 2010-12-18 3:19 PM Oh my goodness.  4hrs in December on the trainer

I feel like a slacker.  I didn't even make all the way to 2hrs today haha.  Good for you.  Looks like you are putting in a lot of time on that bike.  Should pay off down the road. 

mndymond - 2010-12-20 10:29 PM Aloha from Maui! Just completed day 1 of IMLP training. 30min run...haha. In my defense, I was travelling all day.

KathyG - 2010-12-20 10:45 PM

Nice....for us first day of snow, family is driving to Minnesota (1450 miles of fun) where it is 10-15 degrees colder than their normal freezing cold December.

Plus I have some tendinitis and my arthritis in my knee is acting up...same one as got scoped in June.

kaburns1214 - 2010-12-21 9:46 AM

You'll be wishing for 10-15 degrees colder than normal come July. 

kaburns1214 - 2010-12-20 4:41 PM

This is my year to be "serious" about training.  I have ambitious goals for IMLP and IMFL and if I want to achieve them, I need to put in the time now and build the aerobic base.  I may hate myself in a year, but right now I'm all in.

acumenjay - 2010-12-21 11:46 AM

Are you saying I'm not serious or ambitious?

TankBoy - 2010-12-20 4:20 PM

carlwithac - Awesome progression - congratulations!

You and I must be on a similar rotation - I just did my first FTP20 test yesterday (234) - definitely the toughest thing that I have done in a while - the best part was that I had my wife on her trainer next to me yelling at me the entire 20 minutes - I probably would have quit if it weren't for that. I swear, there was a moment when I thought I was going to fall off my bike and that she was about to punch me in the jaw. A quick shout out to all the husbands, wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, etc, etc, that don't just simply put up with this silliness that is Ironman training, but they actually push us to achieve our full potential. Thank goodness for them; I really don't know what we do to deserve them. For me, I keep telling my wife that if she were a better person she would have had a lot more choices...

This marks the beginning of 12 weeks of lactate threshold training - 3 sets of 3 weeks on with 1 week of recovery between each. Thankfully, I don't think I will have to do another FTP20 'til the end of this build! If I had another one in four weeks like you I would probably just sell my bike. I kid of course. sort of.

Keep it rolling everybody, and best to all for the holidays!
Safe travels, and safe training.

KathyG - 2010-12-20 8:45 PM

Nice....for us first day of snow, family is driving to Minnesota (1450 miles of fun) where it is 10-15 degrees colder than their normal freezing cold December.

Plus I have some tendinitis and my arthritis in my knee is acting up...same one as got scoped in June.