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 2013-01-29 7:26 AM in reply to: #4599195 |
Master  1460    Burlington, Vermont |  Subject: RE: Official Tour Of Sufferlandria Threadfisherman76 - 2013-01-29 8:20 AM Stage 4 was painful. They were *just* 4 minute intervals, but I could not get up to the top range on the last two, I made it up to about 95%/ Angels looks like a reprieve at this point, but stage 6 is going to knock about half the field out...I just hope I'm not one of them. I'm planning on putting as much time as possible between stage 5 and 6, I might do stage 5 late tonight and then 6 late Thursday to get two full sleeps in. I've gained a lot of respect (and I had a ton before!) for Tour riders from this. The longest tour I've ever done was 4 days, and I think I was extrapolating what the effort would be if I doubled it...I forgot how trashed the legs feel after 4 days... Agreed about the respect for the Tour riders. I got up this morning and had to will myself downstairs. You may have a good idea about pounding out Angels tonight. |
| 2013-01-29 7:38 AM in reply to: #4599195 |
| Payson, AZ | Subject: RE: Official Tour Of Sufferlandria Thread fisherman76 - 2013-01-29 6:20 AM Stage 4 was painful. They were *just* 4 minute intervals, but I could not get up to the top range on the last two, I made it up to about 95%/ Angels looks like a reprieve at this point, but stage 6 is going to knock about half the field out...I just hope I'm not one of them. I'm planning on putting as much time as possible between stage 5 and 6, I might do stage 5 late tonight and then 6 late Thursday to get two full sleeps in. I've gained a lot of respect (and I had a ton before!) for Tour riders from this. The longest tour I've ever done was 4 days, and I think I was extrapolating what the effort would be if I doubled it...I forgot how trashed the legs feel after 4 days... Yeah, I started having issues hitting my numbers on the second to last interval set so I lowered it to 90% for the last one as it looked even harder. |
| 2013-01-29 7:40 AM in reply to: #4593987 |
Extreme Veteran 933 Connecticut | Subject: RE: Official Tour Of Sufferlandria Thread Along the same thread, I'm pretty sure this experience is helping tremendously for longer distance triathlons as well - I'm really getting a good grasp of where I go mentally when fatigue sets in, and how it differs from pain, which I can fight through and cope with by employing some mental games. Fatigue is a different animal entirely, and a frightening one...ironic that stage 4 was "A very dark place", that's where I was on the last set, grasping for energy that wasn't there. I think we'll see some simple sugars start coming out for stage 6, and some smarter nutrition for the remainder of the week. |
| 2013-01-29 1:16 PM in reply to: #4593987 |
Veteran 145 | Subject: RE: Official Tour Of Sufferlandria Thread Day 4 complete! Definitely a very dark place indeed. Legs are still feeling shaky even after finishing it 30 mins ago! Seriously starting to feel it now. I too am terrified of the tought of Thursdays session, but i guess we will just have to attack it head on and hope for alot of suffering :P |
| 2013-01-29 1:48 PM in reply to: #4593987 |
Veteran 287 | Subject: RE: Official Tour Of Sufferlandria Thread Day 5...I thought it would be a break...wrong. the last climb on Angels destroyed me. Recovery day tomorrow. |
| 2013-01-29 2:23 PM in reply to: #4599937 |
| Payson, AZ | Subject: RE: Official Tour Of Sufferlandria Thread MikeK_PA - 2013-01-29 12:48 PM Day 5...I thought it would be a break...wrong. the last climb on Angels destroyed me. Recovery day tomorrow. I thought about doing Angels today but I am not sure I can handle it. I'll just have to go into day 6 and hope... |
| 2013-01-29 5:48 PM in reply to: #4593987 |
Veteran 181 OBX, NC | Subject: RE: Official Tour Of Sufferlandria Thread OH THAT HURT!!! - A very Dark place indeed.... DURATION 0:53:25 kJ/Cal 545 TSS 103 NP 204 IF 1.08 FTP 190
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| 2013-01-29 7:30 PM in reply to: #4593987 |
Master 1460 Burlington, Vermont | Subject: RE: Official Tour Of Sufferlandria Thread How did I miss the Race Bibs? |
| 2013-01-29 7:32 PM in reply to: #4593987 |
| Extreme Veteran 368 | Subject: RE: Official Tour Of Sufferlandria Thread Getting set to do angels, legs are feeling the cumulative effect now. Today even my glutes were sore. I just took a peak at what stage 6 holds....OMG. the long scream after wretched will be major league suffering. |
| 2013-01-29 10:36 PM in reply to: #4593987 |
Expert 839 Anaheim Hills, CA | Subject: RE: Official Tour Of Sufferlandria Thread Just finished Day 4. It wasn't so much the sprints as much as the longer sustained efforts that hurt. I could definitely feel my legs are totally fatigued. Also I had no idea I could get a side stitch while on the bike... There's a first time for everything I guess but I stuck to it and finished it out at 100%. |
| 2013-01-29 11:26 PM in reply to: #4593987 |
Veteran 416 Cleveland, Tennessee | Subject: RE: Official Tour Of Sufferlandria Thread Day 4 done. Now to "rest" as I have 8hrs and a "nap" before I start day 5. I love ToS combined with continued tri training. I am loving all the T.I.T.S. I will definitely be better prepared for this season as opposed to last. |
| 2013-01-30 12:13 AM in reply to: #4593987 |
Veteran 128 New York, NY | Subject: RE: Official Tour Of Sufferlandria Thread just cranked out stage 4 and 5 tonight. did the first three at 80% upon recommendation by my coach. 85% didn't seem too bad. will try the double tomorrow at 85% and try 90 / 95 for the last three.
good luck everyone. |
| 2013-01-30 5:20 AM in reply to: #4593987 |
Master 1460 Burlington, Vermont | Subject: RE: Official Tour Of Sufferlandria Thread Well that went better than yesterday, but I still wouldn't call it Angelic. Still at 100%, but I'm thinking about dialing it down to 95% for tomorrow's double. Target Power = 193 AVG Power = 195 NP = 212 |
| 2013-01-30 6:27 AM in reply to: #4600818 |
| New user 20 Chesterfield, VA | Subject: RE: Official Tour Of Sufferlandria Thread Stage 5 done, that last interval was brutal. I have massive respect for people doing this at 100%, at 95% it basically felt like an all out 8 min effort. Tomorrow looks like it'll be ALOT of fun...time to eat and rest up. |
| 2013-01-30 6:50 AM in reply to: #4593987 |
Veteran 976 New Hampshire | Subject: RE: Official Tour Of Sufferlandria Thread Did stage 4 last night. I actually felt like I was in an awesome rhythm for the first 3/4 of the ride, somehow I felt good, met my power the whole way, then the last 4 minute set I just couldn't reach for it, I think target was 250 and I was stuck at 230-240 with spurts around 250. I'm not as worried about Angels tonight but the double for stage 6 might break me. I just don't know if I want to sit on the bike for 90 minutes. Also missing my typical Wed night swim for a ride tonight. |
| 2013-01-30 7:35 AM in reply to: #4600868 |
Master 1460 Burlington, Vermont | Subject: RE: Official Tour Of Sufferlandria Thread jonD81 - 2013-01-30 7:50 AM Did stage 4 last night. I actually felt like I was in an awesome rhythm for the first 3/4 of the ride, somehow I felt good, met my power the whole way, then the last 4 minute set I just couldn't reach for it, I think target was 250 and I was stuck at 230-240 with spurts around 250. I'm not as worried about Angels tonight but the double for stage 6 might break me. I just don't know if I want to sit on the bike for 90 minutes. Also missing my typical Wed night swim for a ride tonight. Time for a little tough love. You're not going to hammer your way through the half way mark and then decide, off the bike, that you're not going to finish. You're going to get on your bike and begin that ride. I missed swim 1 last night due to a celebration that needed to happen with my daughter (accepted to one of her top choice art schools). I'm not running at all this week. I might get a make-up swim on Friday. But this is the INAUGURAL TOUR OF SUFFERLANDRIA. Plenty of people are already talking about how they WISHED they started. You're going to regret dropping out. Get on your bike. Edited by BernardDogs 2013-01-30 7:38 AM |
| 2013-01-30 8:06 AM in reply to: #4600902 |
Veteran 976 New Hampshire | Subject: RE: Official Tour Of Sufferlandria Thread BernardDogs - 2013-01-30 8:35 AM jonD81 - 2013-01-30 7:50 AM Did stage 4 last night. I actually felt like I was in an awesome rhythm for the first 3/4 of the ride, somehow I felt good, met my power the whole way, then the last 4 minute set I just couldn't reach for it, I think target was 250 and I was stuck at 230-240 with spurts around 250. I'm not as worried about Angels tonight but the double for stage 6 might break me. I just don't know if I want to sit on the bike for 90 minutes. Also missing my typical Wed night swim for a ride tonight. Time for a little tough love. You're not going to hammer your way through the half way mark and then decide, off the bike, that you're not going to finish. You're going to get on your bike and begin that ride. I missed swim 1 last night due to a celebration that needed to happen with my daughter (accepted to one of her top choice art schools). I'm not running at all this week. I might get a make-up swim on Friday. But this is the INAUGURAL TOUR OF SUFFERLANDRIA. Plenty of people are already talking about how they WISHED they started. You're going to regret dropping out. Get on your bike. Yup, that's what I needed. Now I can't wait to get home tonight to destory stage 5. My legs don't remember what it's like to feel fresh at this point, so I might as well further grind them into the ground. |
| 2013-01-30 8:40 AM in reply to: #4593987 |
Master 2020 | Subject: RE: Official Tour Of Sufferlandria Thread My legs are like noodles! I had to take the elevator today and I work on the 3rd floor. I keep telling myself 4 more days! |
| 2013-01-30 9:20 AM in reply to: #4593987 |
Veteran 287 | Subject: RE: Official Tour Of Sufferlandria Thread I've been out on the break for the first 5 stages, I did Angels yesterday morning. My legs were completely fried. I made it through and hit all the targets but my legs are FRIED. Looks like I'm going to have to take a day and let the bunch catch me. |
| 2013-01-30 9:30 AM in reply to: #4593987 |
| Payson, AZ | Subject: RE: Official Tour Of Sufferlandria Thread I enjoyed Angles. As much as one can enjoy the feeling of lead for legs that is. I am so not looking forward to the rest of this. I have all but given up on running.  I honestly expected this to be hard, but um, ignorance was bliss and didn't really fully realize how hard. |
| 2013-01-30 9:33 AM in reply to: #4593987 |
Veteran 1677 Houston, Texas | Subject: RE: Official Tour Of Sufferlandria Thread Given how my legs felt through Stages 3 and 4, Stage 5 went surprisingly well....did it at 97% and up until the last interval, I was thinking maybe I should have sucked it up and gone for 100%. Last interval was pretty brutal, but I made it. On a separate note, the Sufferfest videos don't have nearly the warm-up that I'm used to (been doing Jorge's TrainerRoad plan), so I decided to do an actual warm-up this morning and it seemed to help! |
| 2013-01-30 9:45 AM in reply to: #4601115 |
Master 1460 Burlington, Vermont | Subject: RE: Official Tour Of Sufferlandria Thread bzgl40 - 2013-01-30 10:30 AM I enjoyed Angles. As much as one can enjoy the feeling of lead for legs that is. I am so not looking forward to the rest of this. I have all but given up on running. I honestly expected this to be hard, but um, ignorance was bliss and didn't really fully realize how hard. No shame at all. For nine days, it can be about the bike. I will not run until next Tuesday. And I'm training for IM. |
| 2013-01-30 10:57 AM in reply to: #4593987 |
Veteran 320 Littleton, CO | Subject: RE: Official Tour Of Sufferlandria Thread Did stage 4 yesterday morning and 5 last night as I felt really good still holding 100% and setting personal records almost every ride. took today off to swim and run |
| 2013-01-30 11:57 AM in reply to: #4593987 |
Veteran 181 OBX, NC | Subject: RE: Official Tour Of Sufferlandria Thread Just Finished Angels. Well, that was refreshing!! Actually wasn't too bad, until the Alpe D'Huez reared her ugly head, especially at the end..... |
| 2013-01-30 12:43 PM in reply to: #4593987 |
Veteran 145 | Subject: RE: Official Tour Of Sufferlandria Thread I too have just finished Angels and im pretty sure my legs are basically done! Legs were shaking after the last climb. I too honestly did not think it was going to be as tough as this... Ignorance is definatly bliss! Tomorrow is going to be hell as i have to get the session done before work as i need to fly back to London tomorrow. But i will prevail! 4 days to go. Bring on the Suffering!!!! Edited by 01gbanks 2013-01-30 12:45 PM |
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