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 time, that I’ve had in a while. Most of the time was at a little lower intensity like I had planned to do. I also passed 50 hours of training for the year which is right on pace for me to reach 300 hours for the year. Here’s what I did:
- Monday- 45 minutes indoors at a moderate pace.
- Tuesday-off
- Wednesday- 90 minutes indoors broken down into a 60 minute interval at 90% and a 20 minute interval at 85% plus warmup and cooldown
- Thursday- 45 minutes indoors at 85% FTP
- Friday- off
- Saturday- 40 minutes indoors at 90% FTP and 30 minutes outside easy
- Sunday- 45 miles outside at a moderate pace (just under 2:45 hours total)
Looking Ahead
With daylight saving back I will be able to ride outside in the evenings again. I plan on doing at least 2 weekday evenings outside. It’s just so much more fun to ride outside than on the trainer in the basement. I should be able to increase my time riding as a result of this.
I also signed up for the 3 State 3 Mountain Century which will be held on May 2nd in Chattanooga, TN. It has a fair amount of climbing (about 8,000 feet) and is a well organized and scenic ride. This will be the first century of the year. I hope to do a couple more over the Summer and also do the Six Gap Century in September.
I feel like I’m in good shape right now. All I need to do is get in a couple of longer (60-75 mile) rides along with a bit of climbing in before the 3 State and I should have some fun on that ride.
