Friday, July 24, 2009

Friday: 87 mile bike

Bike Overgearing

S: Pool closed on me. Missed swim.

B: 4 hours w/overgearing work. Workout was: 1 hour warmupw/10 min Tempo; 2:26 for 56 miles, 255w, 74rpm; cool down. I am not in Ironman shape yet, but I still want to reap the benefits of riding hard at low cadence without compromosing recovery. The purpose of Tempo is to increase strength at upper aerobic zones. Since I can't yet ride for 2+ hours at Tempo, I'm going to start incorporating Overgearing work, which serves the same purpose as Tempo, but not as hard.

After having done Tempo this week and then with the warmup before the ride, the 255w for 56 miles was easy.

R: Off.

W: abs.

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