A TALE OF TWO RIDES
DIFFERENT RIDES can be hard in different ways. It depends on what we are working on, trying to improve on. The point is...
... to mix it up appropriately.
Currently, I'm wanting to improve two systems.
- Sustained power on the flats
- Quick burst of power
I'd like to say there's some sort of race or reason.
But, there's not.
Just two areas where I want to improve.
In the image above, you can see Wednesday is...
- 2 sec power 733 watts
- 10 sec power 610 watts
- 20 sec power 477 watts
- 1 min power 391 watts
- 5 min power 357 watts
... the flat sustained power day.
On Thursday you can see...
- 2 sec power 866 watts
- 10 sec power 688 watts
- 20 sec power 578 watts
- 1 min power 338 watts
- 5 min power 260 watts
... the focus on short bursts.
You regular readers might be thinking...
... Has he caved and started doing intervals?
Not exactly.
Wednesdays I tap into the power of a steamrolling group ride, getting my peaks when I pull through.
Thursdays I'm on my MTB, just charging the steep, nasty stuff as it gets offered up.
Am I getting the same benefit of intervals?
Probably.
One big difference between the efforts is on Wednesday, there really isn't much chance to recover because the group just never lets up.
Where as Thursday, the efforts are broken up every I have to roll a corner or enjoy a downhill.
I'm going to track these back to back days for a few weeks and see if the numbers improve.
Stay tuned.
What are you doing to improve?
===
165.3 lbs
8 hrs sleep
PushUps PullUps Split Squats
20 minutes stretching
60 minutes Reading/Journaling
94/3 (fitness per Training Peaks)
0 min vision therapy