Jun 1, 08:18 PM by Steve | Training 5/25-5/31
Posted in Cycling & Training
Mon: 3.75 hr Memorial Day climbing
Tue: Hammerfest; 1.75 hr easy with Bill
Wed: 40’ Tempo; Threshold OSM climb; Tempo to Nite Moves
Thu: 3.25 hr Solo Solvang loop solo; 2.25 hr Evening ride
Fri: 60’ Active Recovery
Sat: 4.25 hr Lake loop
Sun: 5 hr “Chicken Ranch” ride; 3 hrs super-easy with Kim
Total: 27 hrs, 482 miles, 1,350 TSS, 15,915kJ
First note I had a mistake in my tabulation of last week’s hours, which I have corrected. Continuing through last weekend I put in a hard climbing ride on Memorial day, through my regular weekly Tuesday and Wednesday rides.
I brought back one of my favorite solo training rides, the Solvang Loop up the 154 to Solvang and back through the backroads by Nojoqui Falls and the 101 through Gaviota. I made great time, just over an hour and a half to Solvang and then flew back averaging over 24mph on the 101. Fun. Capped it off with the usual Thursday evening ride for a total of just over 100 very hilly miles in about 5.5 hours of riding.
Saturday was the old standby, the lake ride. I was in a break for a while, put in a lot of good efforts and did a lot of pulls despite the amount of riding I had done over the past 7 days. I felt surprisingly good, actually. Sunday I was an honorary Chicken-Rancher as I crashed their ride to Solvang, making my third loop up there in 8 days :)
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How are you able to ride almost as many hours as a pro? Do you work?!!!:)
— Jeff at Jun 1, 09:07 PMI don’t usually ride that many hours, but I had Monday off, and I rode extra with my wife Kim on Sunday afternoon after riding in the morning. The long ride I did on Thursday morning was at 6am before work.
— Steve at Jun 2, 07:53 AMSorry, didn’t mean to sound critical in my question, just jealous I can’t get out that much!! Keep it up and maybe Cat 2 is your next mission!
— Jeff at Jun 2, 08:42 AM