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Sounds awesome Fred,can't wait to see the pics of the full setup.    I've been enjoying the trainer so far this year as well.  Doing a VO2max focused block and while I normally hate that type of workout, I've been enjoying the different mix of stuff Shane has been throwing at me.  

Interesting observation from my last two threshold workouts.  They were both 5 x 5' with the last two 5w higher than the first 3.  Last week for the last 2 I shifted another gear and as a result my cadence went from 90-91 to 86-87 but interestingly my left/right balance went from 51% left to 48% left.  This week I did the same and again it went from 51% left to 48% left.  To test it a bit more, part way through the 5th one I shifted back to a higher cadence and the balance went back to left dominant, after a minute I went back to lower cadence and it went back to right dominant.  This is something I see in GoldenCheetah after the workout, not something I have displayed on my Garmin.

Anyway, just an interesting observation that likely doesn't really mean anything other than a Stages PM would give me funny numbers.  It's also possible that since the P2max isn't a true measurement of L/R balance that it means nothing at all!  

my cycling and swimming are down, but I was looking thru my logs, and I am just happy this is the first Nov -Dec in the last 4 years I haven't been injured, usually feet or hips. And 8 miles from my first 1000 mile running year. Between weight and injuries only took 10 years to do!

Thought I should get some hills back into the harder run workouts. 10-13% ought to do.

Alright, after the discussions about my run training, I've decided to lay off the bike for a bit and see how that affects my running.  I'm leaving for an NYC vacation in a couple days, so was already planning to be out of the water and off the bike, so I'm just going to start now and pretty much stay off the bike till after the HM in mid-January. 

May jump back in with the Tour of Sufferlandria at the end of January to jump start the bike training again

I'm kind of happy that those grades don't exist near me at all.

That was on the treadmill. The territory for my Saturday runs can actually go up past that, but these steeper ones also tend to be shorter (maybe 100 yds or less for the steepest ones?) as they pretty much all just go to the top of the same couple hills. The one is showing instant grades up around 18%.

I think all you need to do is upgrade the chair to keyboard interface.  

Originally posted by ChrisM Barely following this tech conversation. I just put in erg mode, log in to amazon prime for TV and go.

my cycling and swimming are down, but I was looking thru my logs, and I am just happy this is the first Nov -Dec in the last 4 years I haven't been injured, usually feet or hips. And 8 miles from my first 1000 mile running year. Between weight and injuries only took 10 years to do!

I'm not following all this trainer tech discussion either.  I just get on my bike and go ride outside.  

Congrats on the 1000 mile running year.  It's something that needs consistency to attain.

I just checked my Strava logs and I'm at 9,944 miles biked for the year.  Given I've had at least half a dozen rides where I forgot to charge my Garmin...I'm probably already at 10k.

Sounds like you are preparing for some mountainous adventuring!

I'm thinking much more near future with this, but pretty sure it might help with that sort of thing too!