Official Tour Of Sufferlandria Thread 2014
BY: cornick on 2014-01-15 12:30 PM

Are you just a little crazy? Or maybe a lot crazy? Either way all are welcome to venture into the land of Sufferlandria.

There are a number of us on the BT TR Team but thought we could use an official thread just for this years tour (as there was one for last year).

Who's in for some real suffering? I know I'm in for getting a hurt on.

http://www.trainerroad.com/tour-of-sufferlandria


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RE: Official Tour Of Sufferlandria Thread 2014
BY: jonD81 on 2014-01-15 12:47 PM

I'm in. As dumb as that may be. For those interested, here is the schedule for the Tour. I got winded just reading and thinking about it.

1/25 - Rubber Glove (60 mins... including an FTP test)
1/26 - It seemed like a good idea at the time (2 hours, never done this one before)
1/27 - Revolver (45 mins, mostly high intervals)
1/28 - Hell Hath No Fury (75 minutes)
1/29 - Extra shot + The Wretched (20 + 48 minutes)
1/30 - A very dark place (51 minutes, one of my favs)
1/31 - Angels + The Hunted (Sweet Jebus, that's 2+ hours of hell)
2/1 - Blender (1 hr 45 mins)
2/2 - Violator (68 minutes)

If I can make it past the Angels/Hunted day I'd consider it a success.
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RE: Official Tour Of Sufferlandria Thread 2014
BY: msteiner on 2014-01-15 12:55 PM

 

Here is the TSS for each stage with the IF in parenthesis:
81 (.9)
160 (.91)
87 (1.07)
105 (.93)
36 (.98) + 74 (.95)
83 (.99)
93 (.93) + 93 (.95)
148 (.92)
129 (1.06)

1089 Total TSS!

RE: Official Tour Of Sufferlandria Thread 2014
BY: Brian W on 2014-01-15 12:58 PM

Oh I'm going to check in on this one frequently! New video is out on the 2/4 right after the tour as well.

Chrysalis - It says its Triathlon specific but that may just be the footage...I'll end up buying it either way haha

RE: Official Tour Of Sufferlandria Thread 2014
BY: cornick on 2014-01-15 1:20 PM

Good info guys!

You going for 100% the whole time?
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RE: Official Tour Of Sufferlandria Thread 2014
BY: msteiner on 2014-01-15 1:26 PM

I'm going to try to go 100% for the whole time.  I'm testing early next week to make sure I have an accurate number before the Tour.

RE: Official Tour Of Sufferlandria Thread 2014
BY: jonD81 on 2014-01-15 1:43 PM

I'm going for 100 the whole time, but realistically this will be more bike work than I've ever done in one week before, so we'll see what happens. That Angels/Hunted one is just impossible. If this was an actual race or ride where you have to keep up with others, that's where I'd fall off and wait on the side of the road for someone to come get me.
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RE: Official Tour Of Sufferlandria Thread 2014
BY: dfroelich on 2014-01-15 1:48 PM

Why?
Isn't the point of having Blender on the first day so that you can get an accurate FTP test?

RE: Official Tour Of Sufferlandria Thread 2014
BY: msteiner on 2014-01-15 1:58 PM

Assuming you mean Rubber Glove, I've never tested with their protocol, so I would rather set my FTP with a protocol I'm familiar with and can compare with previous results.

RE: Official Tour Of Sufferlandria Thread 2014
BY: dfroelich on 2014-01-15 2:09 PM

Yup...that is what I meant.

RE: Official Tour Of Sufferlandria Thread 2014
BY: morsebj on 2014-01-15 3:04 PM

I'm in, though I'm not sure how far I'll make it... I've never done a Sufferfest workout before, and I've only had TR (and my trainer) for about 2 months now.

I've accepted the fact that this will hurt a lot. And I might die.

RE: Official Tour Of Sufferlandria Thread 2014
BY: cornick on 2014-01-15 3:06 PM



At least you accept that fact!

I'm really excited about it and plan on going for 100% for as long as I can. Doing an FTP the first day seems really rough to me...but I guess anything that starts with the word 'suffer' should be rough.
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RE: Official Tour Of Sufferlandria Thread 2014
BY: Mike_D on 2014-01-15 3:42 PM

I'm in and will go for it with every stage. I may croak and fall off my bike at some point during this, but in the end, after some psychological help, I'm sure I'll be better for it. Maybe.
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RE: Official Tour Of Sufferlandria Thread 2014
BY: 1_Mad_Madone on 2014-01-15 3:49 PM

The other day I fell out of the frying pan and into the blender!

Falling into the "FIRE" would have been less painful!

Suffer on! IWBMATTKYT

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RE: Official Tour Of Sufferlandria Thread 2014
BY: rockymtnhigh on 2014-01-15 6:32 PM


I'm in! Anything worth doing is worth over-doing.

RE: Official Tour Of Sufferlandria Thread 2014
BY: fisherman76 on 2014-01-15 7:49 PM

I did last year at 100%. While the first few days had me questioning my religion, it leveled out and became ok. Well, ok as in I made it. I was a better rider because of it. Looking forward to it this year, it was purposefully built into my training plan. Bring the suffer!

RE: Official Tour Of Sufferlandria Thread 2014
BY: magic on 2014-01-15 8:08 PM

I'm in. Doing on my Track bike. I use a CompuTrainer along with TrainerRoad, there's no hiding from pain shakes when TrainerRoad is running the CT and you are on a fixes gear bike.

RE: Official Tour Of Sufferlandria Thread 2014
BY: sirgab on 2014-01-15 9:26 PM

Thanks for the good info Cornick!  I have only done a couple of the SufferFest workouts and they made honor to their name, so I'm in and it will painfully fun to see how far we can make it at 100%

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RE: Official Tour Of Sufferlandria Thread 2014
BY: cornick on 2014-01-16 7:38 AM



Wasn't just me, I only posted the link. The other guys took the time to post the data lol

Who all donated for the cause?
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