Week In Review Ok, It’s been a while (7 months I’m embarrassed to say) but I’m going to start up my weekly training reviews again. These are a way for you people who are interested in fitness training to see how I am doing on a week to week basis and maybe get some ideas. [...] Read more »
My Upcoming FTP Test
This Saturday I hope to complete my first FTP test since March. I tried this back in August with terrible results. I hope to do a lot better on Saturday. The Test Protocol The format for the FTP test I use is straight out of Training And Racing With A Power Meter. Many people use [...] Read more »
Building My Winter Training Plan
Now that daylight savings is gone until next March I need to ride indoors during the week if I want to maintain, and hopefully build, my fitness. Fortunately, indoor trainer workouts can be very efficient without being long. I find that a well planned 45-60 minute workout on the trainer can really be beneficial. The [...] Read more »
My New Used PowerTap From Ebay
Back in May of 2007 I took the leap into the world of power based training when I purchased a new PowerTap SL. It was a lot of money but I have more than got my money’s worth over the 18 months I’ve had it. But, once I discovered the “power” of the PowerTap I’ve [...] Read more »
Evaluating My Training To Develop My Plan
As part of my planning for Winter training I need to review what I have done so far this year. Since I am using a power meter on all my rides I have LOTS of data available to me. How to best use that data to help me improve is the question. Well, I pulled [...] Read more »
Weekly Update For August 17 2008
Week In Review Here is my activity review for the week ended Aug 17th, 2008. Time Spent Training-10:07 Miles Ridden-154.8 TSS (training stress score)-649 Weight-164 TSS YTD-13,108 Total Miles YTD- 3,129 Total Hours YTD-179:42 This was one of my best weeks of training this year. With my trip to Asheville and the rides I did [...] Read more »
