Six weeks to Worlds

Or, Recalibration sucks.

Since my legs still haven't come back in a big way, I had no intention of doing a particularly hard ride this morning. It was going to be a decent workout, but nothing too taxing. I had noticed on Tuesday that there was some slipping on the rear wheel, so I tightened up the contact on the trainer, and after warm-up, went through the recalibration procedure.

Well, that wasn't enough it seems. Just more proof that the i-Magic is really only good as a workout to workout check, as long as things don't get changed too much. My plan had been to do two hours, with 3x20 minutes at 240w, 10 minute recoveries at 180w. That should get my heart rate into the high 140s-low 150s during the hard stuff, and mid-120s during the rest. It definitely didn't work out that way. I ended up doing the intervals between 220-240w, heart rate reaching the low-160s. Rest was about 170w, HR ~145 bpm. By the end of the ride, I was hammered. I haven't felt that crushed in a long time. It took a second to gather myself once I dismounted to make sure I didn't fall down. I've undone a bit of the tension at the back, so hopefully next ride will be reasonably close to what I was doing before.

At the very least, I got a good tough workout in. And it's tough to complain about that.

Bike: 2:15, w/3x20 min @ 220-240w, 10 min recovery