Fred D Mentor Group - Part II (Page 35)

Was that on Duplessis (left coming out of transition ) ?

Yup, I haven't gotten out onto the 117 with my bike.  Drove it in the car though and found a nice little farmer's market.  

mndymond - 2012-08-16 8:22 PM Hello from rural AB! Getting ready for my oly this weekend. I had the day off today because I was on ER call last night. I went for a short ride and then read outside and napped this afternoon. I love free days off and taper time! I hope everyone heading to MT got there safely!

For the record, my first year living in Canada was in Grand Prairie.  Bit of a shock to the system for a kid from England when winter rolled around.

Have a great race guys and gal!!!

Best of everything for all of you!!!

FRED.......START SLOW........

KEEP THINKING..... I AM THE ANTI-RUDY     LOLOLOLO

Don't listen to them Fred!  Remember, I'm way up the road and you have to catch me by the end of the first loop!!!  

I'm kidding!!!!!!!!!  START SLOW!!!  

Fred D - 2012-08-17 8:17 AM

axteraa - 2012-08-17 7:12 AMI hope the scale was wrong when I checked in yesterday.  If not, I got taper fat.  

yes, that's funny to mention that. I weighed in at 169lbs this year which is probably right. Last year I weighed 160 but at weigh in I was 168 and I was like WTH? I ended up last years IM weighing 150lbs by the Ned, which is apparently not good lol.

I've been in the 163-165 range for the last two months and yesterday they got me at 174!

Oh, I'm sure you will!

Thanks Jason.  I'll definitely be aiming to keep my VI low, but expect a difference between AP & NP given how hilly this course is.

Thanks James - now it's time to finally translate that into an HIM finish that I believe I'm capable of.

axteraa - 2012-08-17 6:20 AM

Fred D - 2012-08-17 8:17 AM

axteraa - 2012-08-17 7:12 AMI hope the scale was wrong when I checked in yesterday.  If not, I got taper fat.  

yes, that's funny to mention that. I weighed in at 169lbs this year which is probably right. Last year I weighed 160 but at weigh in I was 168 and I was like WTH? I ended up last years IM weighing 150lbs by the Ned, which is apparently not good lol.

I've been in the 163-165 range for the last two months and yesterday they got me at 174!

Have you been putting away the poutines ?

I had a very disappointing 15km TT last night

Last year I did it and averaged 305 watts (was very happy) but only got 40km/h, so was disappointed. I questionned my position and/or calibration of power meter.

I have worked on my position, and have been doing a fair amount of hills, but mostly rolling at 80% FTP type work.  But on my road bike have been able to get good power climbing. 5x6min@320w, 4x10min@290w..


So went went to a flat TT last night based on what I thought was decent fitness and my 305watts from last year.

I thought my bike was strong compared to my run

I had my Quarq on the crank and a PT on the back because I wanted to see the difference.
But I had the Quarq on my Edge 500 , the PT on a 310xt on my wrist
Right before the ride the Quarq was giving funny calibration numbers, not crazy but a bit off


So I go off, Nice 340 for the first little bit, and it starts to drop and drop and drop. WTF, at one point I am averaging 264w
I did 2x20'@264 last week. WTF ? I am discouraged, my HR high and I just felt like sitting up and giving up

I look at my wrist and my PT is reading 285 and at this point I had backed off a tad. So I pushed a little and finished,
I'm almost a minute faster than last year.

So I don't know what to make of this whole little experiment. 264 sucks, but I am sure it's wrong.
Between the weird Quarq calibration numbers and my speed, it has to be wrong
285 is ok, especially in flat TT, knowing i probably backed off a little.
It's not the 305 from last year but it's at a faster speed (41.4km/h vs 40 last year).

So I get home thinking my FTP is off and my running is off.....wow...what a mess. Bottom line my 20min FTP test means nothing

So this morning I was totally bummed. Went for a run and was hitting 4:35/km on 18km in Z1/Z2....Weird....good, but weird.

And I thought my bike was ok and my run was off....what do I know. I may redo the TT next week.