Training 10-31-12

Plus 1 day. Folsom Trail. 181 watts average.

Training 10-30-12

Plus 2 days. Folsom Canal. 208 watts average.

Training 10-28-12

Plus 1 day. Folsom Canal. 188 watt average. This was my sixth and final day of my training week. I'm surprised to see that I got stronger (for the prescribed PRE). Like the night before my second highest output I had a 1500 calorie bowl of oatmeal last night. I had it earlier in the evening this time (and didn't have quite as wild of dreams as a consequence). The other thing in common on these two days was that I didn't have breakfast before the ride as I was still plenty loaded from the night before. My usual breakfast consists of six eggs. I had three no-wind days like today. Today's ride was .9mph faster than the other two. One of them, yesterday, was done at 172 watts, a 16 watt difference. The weekly run went 174-172-169-177-172-188 (this is kind of skewed as the first day was on a different bike and position). This is a good weekly workload (~130miles/unfaired trike). When I was playing around with the higher outputs I noticed a spike in my testosterone production. While this felt good it also concerned me. Given the cyclic nature of nature I know that what goes up must come down and at this stage of the game I don't want to rock the hormonal boat. My goal is to coax my aerobic power up by not doing more in any one day than I can recover from in a day. As a race approaches I will include more rest days per week (probably four instead of one) and let my output rise naturally as, hopefully, my body overcompensates.

Training 10-27-12

Plus 1 day. Folsom Canal. 172 watts average.

Training 10-26-12

Plus 1 day. Folsom Canal. 177 watt average. I ate about a 1500 calorie surplus yesterday.

Training 10-25-12

Plus 1 day. Folsom Canal. 164 watts average.

Training 10-24-12

Plus 1 day. Folsom Canal. Switched to trike. The 700c Powertap wheel raised the seat and lowered the bottom bracket. The BB is now 6" over the seat and the seat angle is 45 degrees. Not ideal but close enough. I definitely feel more pull in my hamstrings when I push. The different muscles being used and the excitement of the newness of the new position probably skewed the no-days rest output. I ended up with a 172 watt average. Like yesterday, I rode without being able to see the output during the ride. 170, 174, 172. That's interesting. Those are the wattages I put out when I went strictly by feel. Surely, it'll be less tomorrow.