Kim & Steve: Cycling

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Kim is a CPA, crafter, and triathlete, currently training for no race in particular. Steve is a software engineer, photographer, and cyclist on the Platinum Performance Cycling Team. We live in paradise a.k.a. Santa Barbara. Read More

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Mar 7, 10:11 PM by Steve | Training 3/1-3/7

Posted in Cycling & Training

This week was fun. High intensity, good volume, a bunch of rain and a 75 min crit in there somewhere. I did two hard group rides, two hard threshold and sprint interval workouts, AND I hit my highest 60 minute NP since last August. Hopefully I won’t get sick next week.

The crit was fun, it was nice having such a huge Platinum presence at the race. Of course we got some flak for having 1/3 the field and only managing second, but hey, that’s not my department. I was happy just to hang in for the whole race, through the rain, and managed to do a little bit to help with team tactics. I don’t know how much I helped in the end, but I was near the pointy end of the crit, my teammates asked me to do something, and I was able to do it. That’s a success in my book.

Signs have been pointing to an underestimated FTP for a while now, and the workouts and rides this week convinved me to bump it up a little bit. Also, I made a cool little graph of my power distribution for the week. The colors correspond to the [new] zones.

Total: 18.3 hrs, 332 miles, 1,030 TSS, 11,308kJ

Mon: 1 hr Recovery Ride
After work, I rode out to Kim’s office in Carpinteria to pick up our other that we had left there when we drove out to Nevada.

Tue: 2 hrs Refugio & Back

Wed: 2.5 hrs w/OSM...