This a half-assed story about an un met goal. The GOAL: ride 750-800 miles in 7 consecutive days. Only mustered 6 consecutive days of riding. Got a little too greedy after getting stronger and stronger as the week progressed.
kJ notation to be read as calories.
I do not use heart rate as a training metric.
Speed is read as minimum, max and average.
There is 20' missing from each ride and about 5 miles as well, used during warmup.
Friday 11/17/2006: Felt fine entire ride and feeling rather jaunty at the end considering the 1.5 hrs of FTP work for the 2 days previous.
Entire ride (176w):
Duration: 4:58:28
Work: 3160 kJ
TSS: 206.2 (intensity factor 0.644)
Norm Power: 180
Distance: 87.506 mi
Min Max Avg
Power: 0 392 176 watts
Heart Rate: 0 0 0 bpm
Cadence: 30 163 88 rpm
Speed: 2.7 43.7 17.6 mph
Torque: 0 678 188 lb-in
11/18/2006: more power than yesterday. still feeling great!
Entire ride (181w):
Duration: 5:03:58
Work: 3307 kJ
TSS: 219.9 (intensity factor 0.659)
Norm Power: 184
Distance: 92.326 mi
Min Max Avg
Power: 0 513 181 watts
Heart Rate: 0 237 1 bpm
Cadence: 36 141 88 rpm
Speed: 2.6 40.4 18.2 mph
Torque: 0 678 189 lb-in
11/19/2006: Long windy NW wind day. Saw a church established in 1838 in Cave Spring, MO. Hammered around Strafford flats for last 2hrs and made it back home at sun down feeling like a chilled statue. Felt "hard"! Power up from yesterday.
Entire ride (185w):
Duration: 6:09:03
Work: 4099 kJ
TSS: 286.8 (intensity factor 0.683)
Norm Power: 191
Distance: 110.815 mi
Min Max Avg
Power: 0 550 185 watts
Heart Rate: 0 230 0 bpm
Cadence: 33 148 85 rpm
Speed: 0 41.8 18 mph
Torque: 0 810 200 lb-in
Monday, 11/20/2006: Faster again! New route to Buffalo, MO. Felt stronger. Can this be right?
Entire ride (190w):
Duration: 6:19:30
Work: 4332 kJ
TSS: 303.6 (intensity factor 0.693)
Norm Power: 194
Distance: 119.152 mi
Min Max Avg
Power: 0 551 190 watts
Heart Rate: 0 212 0 bpm
Cadence: 44 178 86 rpm
Speed: 3.6 40.4 18.8 mph
Torque: 0 678 198 lb-in
11/21/2006: Felt too good! New PB! 200w/6hrs! Sean joined me for 2hrs. Saw Roger and Curt by SWINGS. Hauled ass back to Evans Rd. Kept increasing power for last two hours into lower and mid Tempo zone. Legs looked smaller at the end of ride. Oh oh.
Entire ride (190w):
Duration: 6:19:30
Work: 4332 kJ
TSS: 303.6 (intensity factor 0.693)
Norm Power: 194
Distance: 119.152 mi
Min Max Avg
Power: 0 551 190 watts
Heart Rate: 0 212 0 bpm
Cadence: 44 178 86 rpm
Speed: 3.6 40.4 18.8 mph
Torque: 0 678 198 lb-in
Wednesday, 11/21/2006: Definately over reached yesterday! Calves the size of toothpicks and found it very difficult to keep power up. Limped to Cedar GAp, MO into a nasty headwind and rested underneath a tree at a water stop enjoying the warm rays of the sol. Popped a caffeine pill which got me back to town w/o too much pain. Did not sleep well last night. Small legs, bad sleep and bad morning attitude...hello! Bye bye goal.
Entire ride (166w):
Duration: 4:00:32
Work: 2400 kJ
TSS: 149.2 (intensity factor 0.61)
Norm Power: 171
Distance: 73.423 mi
Min Max Avg
Power: 0 411 166 watts
Heart Rate: 0 244 0 bpm
Cadence: 37 170 84 rpm
Speed: 3.4 40.1 18.3 mph
Torque: 0 678 182 lb-in
Thursday 11/22/2006(Thanksgiving Day): No way am I riding! Muscle glycogen too low and did not sleep well. Legs buckled underneath a couple times. My skin feels sore!
So. ~610 Cycling Peaks downloaded miles with ~30 warm-up miles comes to ~640 miles for 6 days. 34 hrs of downloaded riding time as well as 2 hrs warm-up comes to 36 hrs riding time for 6 days. ~22,000 calories burned. I really wanted to get 750-800 miles. Oh well. Rinse wash repeat. Make legs bigger again. Thanksgiving came at a good time!
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hmm... wait a sec. carmicael is ringing on my mobile. i'll be right back.
ok, I'm back. He wants to know if you can come join discovery this winter in solvang. maybe get a 'cross race in between here and there.
have you ever heard of "Freya" by the group The Sword? They're the latest ozzy ripoff, but iTunes that shit into your ipod next ride. Then you'll meet your goal.
this would be my best MONTH ever.
Holy Shit! wait did I say Holy Shit! Mertz I'm not sure what to say besides Holy Shit!
I hope that video clip isn't that cheat Pantani. I hate that little bastard. I can't understand why the cycling community holds that doper is such high regard. The only time he had results was when he was doped up. Then he gets busted twice and no more results, hmmmm. He created his own little hell that led to his death. Can you imagine knowing if you had some dope you could win races not just be pack fill, obviously it was more than he could handle. Fuck him!!! CMac
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