Two Wheel Blogs

With the start of month number three in this year's season it's time to start adding in a little bit of extra spiciness to my workouts. By that I mean a little bit of planned intensity.

It's still to early to do any structured interval stuff. That will come later. For now though, it will be good to drop in some occasional work above the magical Functional Threshold Power level. It's not like I'm not already doing that anyway every time I go out on the trail. This is like bringing a little of that trail goodness inside and playing it out on the trainer.

If I'm going to do this Ouachita Challenge thing I will need to be able to put out watts above FTP lots of times. You know, burn lots of matches. The race is only 3 months away - a bit less. Factor in a week or so of rest and recovery going into the race, and probably about 2 weeks of business travel and suddenly it looks a lot closer than what the calendar says. I have only so many workouts between now and then to teach my legs to hold more fire.

So my plan is to start mixing it up a little. Days like today, when I work until dark and my only option for training is the trainer, I'll turn up the heat a few times each workout. When I can get out on the trails I'll put the emphasis on duration, because as you well know, the heat's already there.