Pre-Race Power
Uhl
Apr 14, 2007
Today I did my typical pre-race ride which is a mostly tempo ride with a few “blow-out” efforts thrown in here and there. I had
Today I did my typical pre-race ride which is a mostly tempo ride with a few “blow-out” efforts thrown in here and there. I had
Today was the second race of the George’s Spring Series, affectionately called the “Slammer” due to the proximity to the Idaho Correctional Facility. The weather
With my focus this season on Quality over Quantity, I haven’t done many “easy” rides. I’ve never been a fan of active recovery rides—riding at
This morning I did my usual pre-race workout with a few short efforts at LT and VO2 pace. It felt good and I’m excited for
This morning I drove out to the Blacks Creek exit to pre-ride the time trial course for Sunday…or so I thought!? I warmed up for
Today was the first outside ride since returning from Valley of the Sun and, man, did it feel cold! It was overcast and only 38°F
I got back into my training plan today with a simple 2×20 workout on the trainer. I spent more time than usual in Level 2
Yesterday we drove from St George to Salt Lake City and we’re staying here for a couple nights since Heather has some business to do.
That’s basically what Heather and I were in today’s criteriums…filler of the pack. I had nothing left in my legs today and just hung out
Even though today was a day off (Yoga doesn’t count), I managed to break my 5-second mean maximal power (MMP)? How? Well, I’ve been looking
I’m sure everyone is on the edge of their seats waiting for my next blog entry, but when my training is only mediocre, I just
The weather was great today so I went for an outside ride with a couple of my teammates, Ted and Ben. I spun on the
Yesterday I did a short, easy ride with a couple test pushes at threshold; both only two minutes each. During the ride, my legs felt
My legs felt heavy today after yesterday’s workout but I still wanted to get a decent TSS ride in. I ended up getting wrapped up
Our living room becomes a workout room during the winter with all the trainers, fans, and makeshift tables (for remotes and other riding paraphernalia) but
Today I did a 45-minute tempo interval with sprints every 3 minutes. It was a good workout and I was surprised that the ave power
Over the weekend it got much colder so I was back to riding indoors. Saturday and Sunday I just did a couple hour-long tempo rides
I got sidetracked this morning with a mini-project: I was curious what a good pacing strategy was to achieve the best 1-minute power. I’ve tried
Speaking of winter, today we got another taste. It didn’t snow, but we did get a blast of arctic air. The temperature this morning was
A recent post to the Wattage list sparked my curiosity on whether our PowerTaps were calibrated. I knew there was a procedure to test it,