Tonight was to be my last hard bike ride. There will be a few others that include some high-intensity work, but this was going to be the last one that would leave me walking funny. The schedule had it down as 2x20 minutes, but after barely getting through last week's attempt, I thought better of it and went to repeat the 3x12 minutes. And that plan changed in a hurry.
Right from the gun, I was fighting to get the prescribed wattage. There was no way I was going to manage 3x12 like this, I'd probably not make it all the way through the first interval. I'm assuming that the big weekend of simulation plus long run was still fatiguing me, but I needed back things off. So I quickly adjusted the plan on the fly, and turned it into 2x20 minutes, at Sprint Tri intensity, with the last two minutes at FTP. This ended up being a great workout. I did a lot of work, but avoided killing myself. Once my legs were up and moving, I could manage the last two minutes without much difficulty. Sometimes I need a reminder that every ride doesn't need to bury me to be worthwhile. This gets back to the general Daniels prescription of doing enough to produce the wanted benefit of a workout, and no more. Do just enough, and you'll keep improving.
I don't want to dig myself into a deep hole at this point. I've got three and half weeks until the race, which seems like a lot, but in ten days I have a big race weekend with a sprint triathlon and a half-marathon over the long weekend, which will be enough to wear me out going into the peak/taper. I want a good snap in my legs on the 14th. Things are still getting quicker, and considering how tired I am going into each workout, those improvements are nice. Once the taper comes and I'm fully rested and sharp, I should be flying.
Bike: 65 minutes, w/2x20 minutes @ 270w (last 2 minutes @ 315w), 5 min recovery
Run: 3 miles @ 7.5 mph + 4 strides
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