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• #3027
FFS not again
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• #3028
Are you running a brake?
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• #3029
Identical to my road bike except 175mm cranks on the fixed and 172.5mm on the road bike. I didn't think a 15km ride would f*** you up this badly even if positioning was wildly out
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• #3030
Front only, hardly used it on the short ride. However, partner was on a Brompton going slow and I was putting effort into keeping my speed down a lot more than I would if I was solo
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• #3031
Eccentric muscle contractions from resisting pedals = DOMS pain. I get the same when running for first time after a break.
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• #3032
It shouldn't. Perhaps you already had leg aids?
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• #3033
That's probably why. Easy in to the back pedaling as its a movement your body is familiar with anymore, avoid it all together for a while and build it up. Or just use the brake.
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• #3034
My trainerroad plan has a rest week next week. The week after is a hard week then I'm in Nice cycling up mountains for a week - which would replace another hard week.
My first race is the week after I get back - so I'll be taking it easy after Nice.
Should I stick with this, or do a hard week next week and a rest immediately before Nice, and a rest after?
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• #3035
It all depends on your goals after you get back from Nice and how fatigued you are now.
Personally, I'd say a rest week, then two hard weeks, then another rest week would set you up nicely for the race season (assuming you're hill climbing). You can then focus on quality over quantity through the race season.
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• #3036
Yeah, as I typed it I thought the same. I'm in pretty good form and don't feel too tired now.
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• #3037
Power profiling to test 5s, 1m, 5m and 20m power...how do people do this? Over 1, 2, 3 separate sessions? The internet is confusing.
I also can't make up my mind whether to do them inside or out. The majority of winter training will probably be inside, yet knowing them will dictate my outside pacing stategies. Surely you don't test and track both?
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• #3038
I've got a good testing protocol I use that comes from TP. I can dig it out after work.
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• #3039
I don't test (much). I just ride and the power profile builds up over time, the more ride files you add.
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• #3040
Interesting *goes to play with TP dashboard
Doesn't that approach rely on you regularly putting out max efforts for these intervals? I find a crit/road race has been a success if I've got away with putting in minimal effort for a result.
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• #3041
Only if you care about your 1s power. I do not.
The profile builds based on what you ride. If your 1s 5s 30s whatever power is low (for whatever you are training for) then you train it. -
• #3043
Really? I keep mine between -10 and -30 when I'm building for a race.
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• #3044
yeah, I cycle about 10 hours per week, I dont really have any weeks where I have time to do much more than that, but just maintain roughly the same hours each week.
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• #3045
Fair play. My physiology means I have to work hard for my fitness and have to keep topping up after missing weeks with work.
I know of a couple of Cat1/elite racers who get enough points off training/racing eight hours a week but it all seems to be brutal sessions.
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• #3046
Im sure my training would benefit from more varied weeks, I need to do longer rides on the days I do ride really..
plus side, hit some power PB's last week on 5 min + 60mins efforts (on separate days)
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• #3049
If you're training 1m and 5m power than it won't have values set months ago, will it?
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• #3050
No. Internet was down last night. It was back up this morning, but had to dash to work. Will post it later.
It's Tim Cusick's testing protocol that aims to flesh out the PD curve at the important points. It's quite comprehensive, but very useful to do every 3-6 months.
Absolutely brutal. Rode fixed at least 5 days a week for 5 years before this year off.
Has anyone else experienced this or similar?