Day 13 IMBA ride

great ride tonight... IMBA group ride w/ all of the regional directors from out-of-town. picture rock to wild turkey and back down. good stuff. ended up at oskar blues for some chow and live music. tracer was feelin' the flow, though sounded a bit "loose"– definitely needs some TLC ASAP.

realizing my HR monitor isn't so accurate (perhaps a case of "you get what you pay for"), so not sure i'll be using it much after all for training; at least now i have a sense of perceived exertion and can go by that...

tomorrow is the anthony sloan memorial ride up at alderfer/3 sis.

time 2:00 • distance 17.95 • average 9.0

Day 12 COMBA BoD ride

it was decided by the BoD that we'd postpone our meeting and ride instead in honor of anthony, though only 3 of us were able to do so... which meant i was chasing über-fit freaks AJ and nate up grubstake on up apex. supposed to be a zone 1 "recovery ride"–per my FC50 training– so much for that plan!

still good to get out on the bike.

aHR 136
mHR 166

time 1:38 • distance 12.35 • average 7.5
(now playing: charlie rose)

Day 11 needed to get out

supposed to go out for 3:00 today; looks like i fell short of my HR goal (at least :30 in Zone 3). this whole "training" thing is harder than i thought (not in terms of effort, but in terms of sustained periods at a target heart rate over X time).

oh well... it ain't for the TdF, and i'm sure i'm getting some benefit still.

golden out to westminster and back via a circuitous route. felt good to be on the bike, as this was the first ride since learning of anthony's death and the late night last night at casa de MTB w/ his friends. Ride On, Mr. Sloan.

> :06
= :27
< 2:11

time 2:45 • distance 38 • average 13.7
(now playing: U2 again)

Day 10 Zone 3 @ GM

my first interval / HR monitor ride...

supposed to do three 12' Zone 4 efforts w/ 3' recovery in between (after warm up). that is harder to hit than i thought (on a mountain bike / trail). i guess if you had a road bike and a sustained climb it would be easier, but trying to maintain a HR while going up / across / down GM didn't work as well as expected. averages closer to Zone 3.

1 - 17.10 @ 159
2 - 12.55 @ 146
3 - 2:58 @ 120
4 - 12 @ 143
5 - 3:41 @ 116
6 - 12:31 @ 139
7 - 36:36 @ 140

> :22
= :19
< :55

aHR 143
mHR 182

time 1:36 • distance 14.3 • average 8.8
(now playing: U2)

Day 9 marshall mesa

needed to switch days on the plan, so just ended up at marshall mesa for an easy ride. nice evening.

time :31 • distance 4.89 • average 9

Day 8 boulder creek

a recovery day after the LT test. spinning on the boulder creek path.

aHR 116
mHR 141

time :46 • distance 10.6 • average 13.8

Day 7 – LT threshold test

according to my Team IMBA training peaks plan, i need to get a baseline for my lactate threshold. you're supposed to go out pretty hard on a flat and monitor heart rate for :30 (:10 then :20). i thought that the van bibber trail would be a good option, but lo & behold the overhead power lines were wreaking havoc on my HR monitor, so i ended up just on the roads which wasn't ideal for sustained efforts.

anyhoo, not sure how accurate this is, but i'm going w/ it for now:

lap 1 - (warm up) :10 @ 175
lap 2 - :20 @163*
lap 3 - (warm down) :19 @102

aHR 132
mHR 181
*LTHR 163

time :55 • distance 14.3 • average 15.5
(now playing: U2)