Wrapping up HIM base and did Cumberland + 30min brick run for good measure.
Donner today:
Upped the intensity by 5% for the last set. (background: dropped my FTP manually by 5%, after getting completely beaten by Kaweah and Geiger +2 last weekend). Wasn’t easy.
@grenhall Bashful + 2 is a bit of a killer! I managed to complete the first few intervals, although in order to complete the final repitition I had to drop the intensity from 100 to 98. Glad I slightly lowered the intensity and completed the full workout Did i say complete?!
NP was 242 with an FTP of 258, hell I was impressed!
I was lucky to get it in and only got a 5min brick.
Wife has the chest infection felling everyone in south east England so juggling kids and work and prepping for the Alps has killed week #3 Build.
Going skiing?
A few last minute hurdles to overcome but hope to be setting a course record on the Mausfalle at Kitzbühel soon!
Well done! I thought about lowering the intensity but stubborn as I am kept pressing. But I had nothing left in the tank in the middle of the last set. Nothing. Easily the toughest workout I’ve ever done and I consider myself being strong in the VO2Max/Anaerobical-department. But those 1,5mins took their toll to say the least.
Man I really like Carpathian Peak. Awesome workout!
I had Gibraltar scheduled for yesterday (Thursday) and I bailed on it. Between feeling tired and needing a rest, warming temps up to 40 F, a bright sun, and where it hasn’t melted (in seemingly random places) generally slushy snow instead of ice, I jumped on the gravel bike. I hoped to do the TSS prescribed, but I still felt sluggish so I just enjoyed the outdoor ride.
The ponds are still covered in ice and the hills above 2k’ are still snow covered.
The red bit in the distance is a train that just passed me. I was slow in deciding to get the GoPro from the pocket.
Today, Petit, maybe a very short run (gotta walk the dog anyway), and a day off for Langlauf, or XC skiing.
I’ve got that one coming up next week. Fang Mountain +1 today. I better buy some more chocolate bars. Topping off energy reserves helps. I was a bit worried about it going into to it. Went well.
Is it about time for a new ftp test? That looks insanely brutal if FTP is correct
Ritter for me this morning. Not on the plan but I liked the look of it. All surges done in the drops.
Loved this! Underworld playing on the stereo and it was like a 90s rave in my garage this morning
Hot, sweaty, dark, and everyone’s a little out of their mind?
I had the same yesterday. Tough but fair. I had a super-weird sensation in my legs at the start of the second and third sets – almost like adrenaline rushing through my thighs, but I presume it was lactate? It reminded me of the start of a brick run.
It also didn’t help that my front derailleur wasn’t shifting properly, so I had to duck down to poke it – I felt like I was going to black-out when I came back up
Yeah FTP is due next week!
Baxter in the morning, capping off first week of SSBLV1. Felt fresh today after Mount Field so did an easy ride.
First 30s-1m of harder intervals sometimes load up my legs quickly too… the breaks in Carpathian Peak are long, so plenty of time to be totally cooled down - that feeling wouldn’t surprise me. For me anyway, usually pedal through it after getting into the work a bit more.