After resting for the better part of two weeks, today starts the actual training for Muskoka. We are 33 weeks out, so it's not like there's a lot of pressure to hit it hard right away, but I'm a big "plan" guy, so I like having everything laid out. There are 11 three week cycles, of 16 days hard, 5 days easy (so weekends are always "on"). The first cycle is, not surprisingly, a continuation of what I was doing last week, just building the cycling time, and adding some running back into the schedule.
Today was a very simple 90 minutes in the saddle, mostly zone 1-2, tickling zone 3 on occasion. As motivation for the ride, I pulled out one of my Christmas presents, the Ironman Roth Ergovideo, and did the first 1:15 of the course. Since I wasn't going hard, I scaled the effort back to -40%. That may have been a bit much, since I found it pretty easy. I'll probably step it up to -30% next time.
Before the ride began, I made a small adjustment to my saddle, getting it perfectly level. Of course, there are no "small" adjustments, and by the hour mark of the ride, I was getting some pain in the back of my left knee. After the ride I lowered the saddle a bit, and will see how things hold up tomorrow. It's always a bit of back-and-forth getting the set-up just right on a new bike. It should only take a few rides and everything will be dialed in. Then we can start to bring out the hammer.
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