9x10 minute intervals
I had it in my mind to go for a couple of hours today, but I knew right after starting that wasn't happening. By the time I climbed off my bike I had started feeling better. By that time though, my workout plan, developed in real time, had run its course. And if you ride a trainer much, you know when your workout's done, so are you.
Amazing isn't it? No matter how long you decide to ride a trainer when you start out, when you reach that time you're done. Riding for an hour is no problem at all, but when the clock ticks over to 60 every additional pedal stroke becomes intolerable misery.
It might not look much like it, but this is a set of 9, 10 minute intervals. The first one's a bit light because it includes a quick warm up, but after that they're pretty much all L3 - L4 intervals. Average power dropped in the last half hour. Normalized power increased, however. I bet you knew that though.
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WTF?
Those last 3 intervals look as if you did a fire drill every 2 minutes (dismount, run around bike, remount and ride). Your power was nice during the pulls though...were you drafting?
I kid because I have not done any on-bike training in a longer time than I care to discuss publicly.
About right
I don't get very much relief following wheels when I'm on my trainer. Simulating it really helps the time to go by though.
Two minutes is exactly right. A minute of steadily increasing power, a 30 second pull, and a 30 second let-off. Four of those plus 2 minutes' taint relief/get a drink/wipe off the sweat activities makes a 10 minute block.
Mark Ewers
I may not be fast, but I'm 2 old 2 go slow
Sounds familiar.
I used to do some stuff like that...it certainly makes time go by easier...it is also great simulation of riding around these parts.
So True
that is so true.
I rode the trainer yesterday, and instead of a time goal, I used a distance goal. This helped me ride faster, because the faster I rode the sooner I could get off.
Trainers are a necessary evil I guess when it is COLD.
Time and distance
I used to set distance goals for myself on the trainer. I had a tendency to do exactly the same thing, to ride harder in order to finish sooner. Unfortunately riding harder isn't always the best recipe for good riding. There are times when it makes sense to ride for a longer time and at a lower intensity.
Believe it or not, however, even when riding for time and not distance I still struggle to keep intensity at the right level.
Mark Ewers
I may not be fast, but I'm 2 old 2 go slow
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