By Mark on March 12, 2009
Here is the (a bit late) recap of last weeks training:
Week In Review
Time Spent Training- 7:00
Time In Sweet Spot- 190 minutes
Miles Ridden- 129
TSS (training stress score)- 480
Weight- 163
TSS YTD- 3520
Total Miles YTD- 932
Total Hours YTD- 51:00
This was a good week in a number of ways. I had the longest week, in terms of training [...]
Posted in Training Updates, Training with power | Tagged 3 state 3 mountain century, road bike training
By Mark on October 20, 2008
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 up [...]
Posted in Training, Training with power | Tagged Powertap, road bike training, Training with power
By Mark on September 8, 2008
Week In Review
Here is my activity review for the week ended Sept 7th, 2008.
Time Spent Training-6:29
Miles Ridden-107.5
TSS (training stress score)-446
Weight-164
TSS YTD-14,672
Total Miles YTD-3,513
Total Hours YTD-201:42
This past week was a bit closer to average for me. I definitely reduced the number of hours and distance covered. That was the result of a couple of things, short-term [...]
Posted in Training Updates, Training with power | Tagged road bike training, training goals, Training with power
By Mark on August 26, 2008
Week In Review
Here is my activity review for the week ended Aug 24th, 2008.
Time Spent Training-6:20
Miles Ridden-112.6
TSS (training stress score)-490
Weight-164
TSS YTD-13598
Total Miles YTD- 3242
Total Hours YTD-186.03
This past week ended up pretty well. I wanted to dial down the intensity after last weeks mega-climbing adventure and I accomplished that. My total riding time dropped and miles [...]
Posted in Training Updates | Tagged road bike training, training update
By Mark on August 23, 2008
Well, this week so far has been less intense than I had planned. I rode Tuesday and Wednesday as planned but I didn’t ride Thursday because we attended a charity event (that I forgot about until the last minute) to support the Lance Armstrong Foundation. There is a team of 13 people so far from [...]
Posted in Training | Tagged road bike training
By Mark on August 19, 2008
Last Thursday I had one of my best rides ever when I did the round trip ride to the top of Mt Mitchell and back. It was a great ride with lots, and lots of climbing. I was excited to see how I performed on the ride from a power perspective. Here is an analysis [...]
Posted in Training with power | Tagged assault on Mt Mitchell, Powertap file analysis, road bike training, Training with power
By Mark on August 18, 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 I got plenty of high quality work. [...]
Posted in Training Updates | Tagged Powertap, road bike training, training with a power meter
By Mark on July 3, 2008
Well, 2008 is half over. Time sure flies when you’re having fun! The year is going well for me so far and I am looking forward to the second half. Here are some numbers (thru June, 30):
Total Miles- 2,250
Total Time- 128 hours
Total Rides- 94
I am right on pace to do 250 hours [...]
Posted in Training | Tagged century ride, road bike training, training goals
