Of Mice and Marathons

AM/Lunch: 60' on the trainer (Zwift). 67W. HR 98.

Recovery ride. Spent the afternoon with the boys as Megan was in Toledo doing some final stuff for the sale of her parents' house.

AM: 3 miles on the treadmill in about 30'. No HR data.

Didn't leave myself enough time for the full hour. Had my car picked up for service, which is a nice convenience. Sounds like it might cost me some money, which sucks as the car only has 26,000 miles on it. Best to maintain it I guess and not have to worry about it further down the road.

Will jump back on the treadmill later or ride the trainer.

PM: Off.

Thought something was wrong with the trainer, but I researched it and there was bluetooth interference from an open TrainerRoad app on my phone. Wished I had figured that out before I lost it. $900 in maintenance for a car with 26,000 miles on it did not set me up to be in a patient mood.

AM: 60' on the trainer (Sanford +2). 187W. HR 143.

First interval session of Barry Roubaix buildup. 7 x 3' @ 105% of FTP, so just under 300 watts with equal recovery. Mostly just a muscle building workout and to make current FTP feel easier. Trainer worked just fine.

AM: 90' on the trainer (Brasstown). 189W. HR 137.

PM: 15' WU on treadmill. HR 128. 

+ Ancillary session. Hips and glutes w/ pushups and pullups between exercises.

Treadmill needs a good cleaning and lubrication. I underestimated the amount of maintainence these things would take. I think if I had to do it over again, I'd spend 2-3 times as much on a refurbished Woodway. Probably would hit my head on the floor joists though.

AM: 90' on the trainer (Zwift). 186W. HR 142.

Did most of the sprints. Probably should dump one of these programs, but sometimes the simplicity of TrainerRoad is not what I need. Zwift is good for longer rides and more realistic cycling feel and recovery rides. I think I'll likley use it when the roads are in shape as I won't need as much structured trainer. Possibly will use it for midweek interval sessions as it is perfect for that despite lacking "race specificity." Basically like running 2-mile repeats on the track for a half marathon workout, but I never had a problem with it.

Today was supposed to be a run day with a 20' tempo, but I want to do some work on the treadmill first. It will likely take me several days to get to it.

AM: 60' on the fat bike @ Orion Oaks. HR 152.

I thought the conditions might be decent as I thought they groomed the trails for cross country skiing. They are tough going and I was basically breaking trail in a few places. Had enough and went home.

The boys went to their friends.

Off.

I think this was the day the shifting on my smart bike started messing up. Called it and took the day off. First day off in 33 days or so.