Wow. That's fast!Alex Simmons/RST wrote:Well after a frustrating few weeks of illness and injury, and rain again threatening, I took myself to the velodrome today for a roll on the track and a few flying 500m efforts behind the boys. Felt pretty good but was getting a bit tailed off by a length or so in the acceleration to 61km/h and 145 rpm
Nice to feel like I can ride without feeling like poo.
I've got 30 weeks to nationals.
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Postby toolonglegs » Sun Jul 12, 2009 10:13 pm
...hmmm..good timing for a malfunction!.Alex Simmons/RST wrote:That "Powertap in for service" is just a cunning ploy to hide what you've really been up totoolonglegs wrote:My coach doesn't want to read this
Enjoy it.
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Postby toolonglegs » Tue Jul 14, 2009 5:44 pm
Looking at my PMC it isn't a big surprise...coach knows I haven't exactly been on program this month...but I don't get mates visiting very often and of course they want alpine climbing on the menu!...that and the fact that they are riding stronger than you have ever seen them do in a long time!.
Back on schedule around the 27th!...abou when I should have a working power meter back! .
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Postby 1q2w3e4r » Tue Jul 14, 2009 6:32 pm
Most satisfying however was doing the Akuna Bay/ West Head ride on Sunday and even at a cruising pace up the hills riding away from my mates who normally put me in the hurt box around this time each year as I start to get back in shape for summer. The added fact I cruised up the climbs comfortably around 1:30-1:40 behind my PB for the Akuna East climb while riding with them for the most part of the climb at their pace until they fell away and they were between 30 seconds and 1 minute behind me at the top bodes well as we all start to do more group rides together.
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Postby RobRollin » Wed Jul 15, 2009 8:56 am
8th August there is a 14k or 20k TT i'm interested in racing in.......
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Postby Alex Simmons/RST » Wed Jul 15, 2009 10:37 am
toolonglegs wrote:I was sensible for once
Interesting that you chose to plot kJ instead of TSS on that chart.toolonglegs wrote:
Nothing wrong with that of course, although it is TSS that drives the CTL/ATL/TSB lines.
Here's an item on kJ v TSS:
http://alex-cycle.blogspot.com/2006/12/tss-vs-kj.html
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Postby toolonglegs » Wed Jul 15, 2009 2:30 pm
Also when I say I was sensible for once ....yup it takes a lot to drag me away from a race....but yesterday I made the right choice....still feeling like I have been hit by a battering ram!.
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Postby Alex Simmons/RST » Wed Jul 15, 2009 3:53 pm
A 2:20 ride with an IF 0.76, 134 TSS, legs felt great. Maybe my FTP is a little under what I have it set to (275W) so perhaps my real IF/TSS are a little more than that but no big deal, I know my data/body pretty well.
Starting to feel like a bike rider again. 4 days in a row and 5 out of last 6 days. Rest tomorrow.
Have been riding my new bike leg socket. Not quite finished but having a special cleat adapter component made at the moment so I'm able to use it while waiting for that. Then I give it back to my prosthetics guy so we can design the CF aerofoil. It's been soooo good to simply be able to step/click out of a walking leg and into a bike leg (and vice versa) rather than having to unscrew/screw attachments off/on. It's basically like swapping shoes now, but quicker
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Postby Ant. » Wed Jul 15, 2009 3:58 pm
Excellent! Very good news.Alex Simmons/RST wrote:Have been riding my new bike leg socket. Not quite finished but having a special cleat adapter component made at the moment so I'm able to use it while waiting for that. Then I give it back to my prosthetics guy so we can design the CF aerofoil. It's been soooo good to simply be able to step/click out of a walking leg and into a bike leg (and vice versa) rather than having to unscrew/screw attachments off/on. It's basically like swapping shoes now, but quicker
I've been wondering about this actually.
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Postby RobRollin » Fri Jul 17, 2009 3:55 pm
This morning I did a 10.85K TT and completed in 29mins 19 seconds, including lights, gates and rolling small hills, avg Speed: 31.89kmh.
I am looking at a new bike, measured for me with better gearing to suit me which will improve my riding.
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Postby Deanj » Fri Jul 17, 2009 5:42 pm
Seems a big difference?Ant. wrote:2x20's (love these training sessions!) on the TT bike today, followed by a steady ride. 278W and 273W. To be honest, I'm a little disheartened by the power, knowing I can unleash another ~25W more on my roadie, but oh well. Time to persist.
Not a fan of interval days myself, I'm doing 1 x 20mins and 5-6 x 5mins at the moment. Prefer the 2-3 hour rides with a block of MIET or a good LR plodding through the hills enjoying the scenery
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Postby Alex Simmons/RST » Sat Jul 18, 2009 5:42 pm
Today I did a 2hr ET ride to LaPerouse, breakwater, Foreshore etc.
This next block is basically mostly about getting time in saddle, lots of Level 1 time, sprints and some more 5-min TTIs.
* T7 is my indoor ergobike:
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Postby Ant. » Sat Jul 18, 2009 10:44 pm
Yeah, 8 or 9% or thereabouts; there never used to be a power difference (was racing on it weekly), but have been off it for a few months, so it's to be expected really, especially since I'm not exactly propped up like an age grouper triathlete. MIETs will be done on the TT bike for the next little while. I'm inclined to think I should do more riding on the TT bike, but Ric knows best.Deanj wrote:Seems a big difference?Ant. wrote:2x20's (love these training sessions!) on the TT bike today, followed by a steady ride. 278W and 273W. To be honest, I'm a little disheartened by the power, knowing I can unleash another ~25W more on my roadie, but oh well. Time to persist.
Not a fan of interval days myself, I'm doing 1 x 20mins and 5-6 x 5mins at the moment. Prefer the 2-3 hour rides with a block of MIET or a good LR plodding through the hills enjoying the scenery
Typical mountain biker, hatin on the way of the time trialler
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Postby Ant. » Sat Jul 18, 2009 10:47 pm
And 1 Bont!!Alex Simmons/RST wrote:Yesterday I didn't have a lot of time so a short session on Thuderbird 7* which was basically warm up followed by 4 x 5-min threshold tolerance intervals. Nothing overly hard.
Today I did a 2hr ET ride to LaPerouse, breakwater, Foreshore etc.
This next block is basically mostly about getting time in saddle, lots of Level 1 time, sprints and some more 5-min TTIs.
* T7 is my indoor ergobike:
But that's one more than I'm able to extract out of Steve Hogg it would seem.
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Postby Alex Simmons/RST » Sat Jul 18, 2009 11:28 pm
I have a brand new size 44 left if interestedAnt. wrote: And 1 Bont!!
But that's one more than I'm able to extract out of Steve Hogg it would seem.
What's the problem?
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Postby toolonglegs » Sun Jul 19, 2009 6:47 am
On the way home I motorpaced my Sydney visitor behind the car...he sat in the high 50's for a bloody long time...I was impressed.He is going to smash me to bits Monday .
Still no word on Powermeter!.
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Postby Ant. » Sun Jul 19, 2009 3:25 pm
I think I'll give that a miss.Alex Simmons/RST wrote:I have a brand new size 44 left if interestedAnt. wrote: And 1 Bont!!
But that's one more than I'm able to extract out of Steve Hogg it would seem.
What's the problem?
Disclaimer: I am sponsored by Bont
Ah he must check his email once a fortnight or something. Took a long time to get things moving, sent him my feet tracings a fortnight ago, still waiting to hear what happens next (the part where I pay).
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Postby toolonglegs » Tue Jul 21, 2009 5:53 am
..and the pain I saw on many many people today was frightning.....cramps like you would not believe and by the hundreds!
Stats... 7.29.58 hours.Vetoux climb 2.33.09 (thats what 97.5kgs of hungry body does to you!).23 something av. 2123rd out of 9500...hmmm imagine what I could do 10kgs lighter
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Postby Alex Simmons/RST » Tue Jul 21, 2009 10:38 am
Nice work. Those are epic days.toolonglegs wrote:Did it
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Postby Deanj » Tue Jul 21, 2009 7:39 pm
TDiHebden wrote: especially for a 97kg diesel. Well done!
Good work.
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Postby toolonglegs » Tue Jul 21, 2009 7:53 pm
I would have been much happier with under 2 hours up Ventoux but wasn't to be....now if the sun had dissapeared and a shower or two come over it would have been a different story!.
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