Power Mentor Group with Shane & Marc - Closed. (Page 61)

I've done Honu 70.3 the past 3 years.  It's a fun race...challenging with the wind and heat.  But I'm taking a year off from tris and focusing on bike racing this year.  Honestly, I'm not sure at this point I'm going back to a dedicated tri schedule anytime soon...having too much fun riding and bike racing.

Road races are a lot of fun.  Honestly, I wasn't looking at my power numbers that much during that race...it's more about managing the spikes in effort, making the right moves, and following the right wheels. 

Week 9 complete with VO2-2 tonight - OUCH!!

TSS 84

NP 194

I thought this would be the easier of the VO2 workouts, but I'm not so sure. My legs were tired!

Jason, what is your training like (other than the obvious: more biking) now that you're focusing on bike racing vs tri's. 

And week 10 THR 1 is done. It wasn't too bad. I was tempted to push the 2nd 20 minute interval a bit harder but decided to wait until THR 2 later in the week. I think I'm starting to get back the fitness that was lost in January.

x2

I don't know if it was because I'm not quite clear of this cold or if it was because I did WK 9 Threshold 2 last night, but holy smokes WK 10 Threshold 1 was hard.

My legs were like lead for the 2nd 20 minute interval.  I had to stop for about a minute or so halfway through to let the dog out and thought that would refresh the legs, but it was a struggle the entire ride.

Just shy of the targets - 95% and 94%.

At 87 TSS it was only 2 pts higher than Threshold 2 the night before, but I find the 5 minute intervals much more tolerable.

Anyway, glad its in the books.

I did Week 10, Threshold 1 this morning too and for the first time ever, the 20 minute intervals weren't soul crushing!  They actually weren't too bad.  I'm not sure if it's because I didn't ride over the weekend (was out of town -- ran a lot though) or if it's because I finally told my brain to shut up and just rode.

I was pretty pleased with the effort on this ride and hoping to make it past my fear of long intervals finally

Funny because the mantra for bike training for triathlons is "mostly hard, sometimes easy."  Well...when you ride everyday, and lots of volume, you quickly realize that the mantra flips a bit in that you have to incorporate more easy rides to make your hard rides count.  Sure, you can get away with one or two big volume bike weeks where you try to ride hard most of the time, but it won't last long.  I learned the hard way.  

My training involves a lot of commuting M-F, so sometimes I tack on miles on the way home.  But in general, no real workout plan like you guys are doing on the trainer.  I've been riding long enough where I sort of know what route/efforts I pick will give me the type of workout I want, and what type of TSS it will give me at the end.  With bike racing you tend to focus a little more on VO2 max efforts, but actually most of my key races are sustained hill climbs so tri training isn't that much different.  A crit racer would likely have a different focus.

Originally posted by marcag

Originally posted by RunningJokeMy youngest overheard my husband telling this to me once, so at my race he stood there and yelled "SHUT UP, YEGS!" at the finish line. It's my favorite mantra when the going gets tough.

Don't teach this one to your youngest, but my favorite is what Udo Bölts screamed to teammate Jan Ulrich during the Tour de France"Quäl Dich, Du Sau!"You will get various translations but my German work colleagues say "Suffer you bastard" is probably the closest to what was meant.

I had some not so nice words during the VO2 workout the other night. Yes, the "easier" VO2 of the two. I failed to see the 2nd set of 5X1:00.

Today's run brought to you by **fatigue** =\