Second day doing LT work. Spend most of the very short "easy" day trying to determine gear ratios to allow my HR to start low and end high after a 10min extended steady effort @ 55-60rpm. So far 53-13 keeps me around 78-81% for 3-4 minutes and moving into 53-11 for the final minute raised it from ~80 to 88%.
Also tried to keep the upperbody and arms relaxed and focus on putting the power in through the legs and core alone. Not completely successful. I tended to tense up over time but, when I noticed, I was able to re-relax everything.
By the end the legs were starting to feel the burn, my upperbody was relaxed and HR was increasing @ the desired rate. I think I got everything about right for maybe 30 secs. Now for improvement....
Distance: 13.53 km
Speed: 26.2 kmh
Cadence: 75 rpm
AVG HR: 143 bpm
Weight: 211.8 lbs
2 comments:
"I tended to tense up over time but, when I noticed, I was able to re-relax everything" I could have written that exact line about EVERY time I ride...need to relax more.
Yesterday you were 208 -- today 211. Eat rocks for breaky? te
Yeah. I noticed the big increase and was hoping it was a heavy gravity day and the next day it would be back to a 209/210 level. I figured it would go up since I had a BIG Indian meal with cashew and almost paste cream sauce with lamb, cheese and peas with cream sauce, mango chicken .... and cream sauce. We ate late so I was crossing my fingers the increase reflected a little extra leftovers in ye old digestive tract... alas it appears to have been real.
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