Two Wheel Blogs

Today had trainer workout written all over it. I woke up this morning to cold and damp with overcast skies. The weather forecast predicted things might be better later in the afternoon but I didn't have that option. A social function in the early afternoon followed by late afternoon visiting family meant if I was planning to ride my bicycle today it would be in the morning.

After a couple of cups of coffee and some breakfast things still weren't looking good outside. If anything they'd gotten even a bit worse. So much for hammering myself into the ground out on the road in anticipation of taking tomorrow off. If I was going to work out today it would have to be on the trainer. I figured a 40k total workout with an hour or so of threshold effort ought to do it.

Workouts like this are boring but effective. They don't hurt all that much, not until the pressure points start barking and not until fatigue starts to set in. With TSS = 120 (intensity factor 0.961) I'll be good to go tomorrow even though I'm not planning a ride at all. I should be feeling fairly good for whatever I decide to do on Tuesday.