Another session on the trainer tonight. I'm ramping up the intensity a little bit, doing more work in zone 2, and edging into zone 3 for a few minutes. My position feels pretty good, although around the hour mark it starts to get uncomfortable. That's more an artifact of being on the trainer than anything else, I'd figure. Lowering the saddle has worked, with no knee pain tonight.
I should clarify something about my training zones right now. I'm working with the Friel heart rate zones, and basing my LT heart rate on my last FTP test. That seems fair, right? With the different position of the TT machine vs. road, I don't think my FTP will be as high (we'll see in 2.5 weeks), and the HR may be different. So my zones may be mis-prescribed right now. Not that it's a big deal, I'm in the right ballpark, and a few beats to either side isn't going to ruin my September race.
The highlight of the ride was a 10 minute block, with HR remaining in zone 3, at about 230w (i-Magic superwatts, that is), at an estimated speed of 38 km/h. I have to admit that felt pretty good. Give me a few more months, and hopefully I'll be cruising 38-40 for my race, with gas left to run a half-mary. That will be fun.
Bike: 65 minutes, zone 1-3
Run: 2 miles @ 7.0 mph
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Wow... way to go on keeping that HR down. This is something I really have trouble with indoors... even with my industrial-strength fan.
And the iMagic Watts aren't always "super"... sometimes they read lower than my PowerTap. The curves intersect in a couple of places and they both seem nonlinear...
Although the HR was down, the effort at 230w was tough. I'll be hard-pressed to come close to my FTP numbers when I test soon. The key to making it easy, though, is gearing. I still haven't shifted to the big ring, I just do 5 minute blocks going up until I hit my HR target, hold it, then back down.
I going to get a fan like yours soon. I need something stronger, and that I can point upwards to hit my face.
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