Training - What Training?!

My legs are fucked. Arches aching too. My fitness is going backwards.

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Random question.

If you ride up a hill at 10kmh and back down at 30kmh, what is your average speed?

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If both directions are the same distance, 15kph?

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Mean speed is 15kph

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Does anyone else feel this is one of the things about the universe that feels unfair? :smiley:

Never thought about it before. I mean, I know I’m slower on hilly courses. But thought this was just because I’m a rubbish cyclist, not due actual physics.

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Think of it not as uphill/downhill but surfing the curvature of the spacetime continuum.

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Calling this an easy week, just over 6 hours but a few minutes missing on Strava so might be nearer to 6:30.

Biking was down a bit, but at least one quality session. Yesterday’s parkrun was a decent workout and a 13K trail run today.

Hate myself for saying I’m almost enjoying the swimming!

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Nothing today, 8hrs for the week

Challenging month ahead with socialising

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11! Hours this week
Couldn’t quite fit the last hour in with a few nights out and and a trip to the big smoke !
Highlights were

Hour swim
Easy hyrox sim
Hard hour bike
Nasty circuit today and a good boxing session.

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Just under 5 hours running for last week for 58km and 450m elevation, that did include a 10.5km off road race which I entered at the last minute yesterday. Ran every day other than Wednesday. 10km of cycle commuting (for the race).

By my standards that was a monster week. Going to try and hold myself accountable and post here each week going forwards… expect that to last 1 or 2 weeks :sob:

Pool the tri club use (on the night I can go) has been shut for a couple of months flooding killing the electrics, no re-opening announced yet.

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Where was that ride Luigi; looks like it was steep.

Some nice hill training there

First decent training week for a couple of months - Just over 14 hours
Trail run in the snow up and down Rigi - 970m 12.8km. Good fun running in the snow again, but so hard.
Lots of time on Zwfit, I can’t be arsed with riding in the cold outdoors
40km running
1 swim session

This week is FRR Tour of Brittannia on Zwift so time to wreck my legs over 8 days

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A lung in your hand, @LuigiO?

30 minute spin class at lunch. Possibly a recovery treadmill run tonight. We’ll see.

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@LuigiO , does your bike have disk brakes :rofl:

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Helps when dodging rolling barrels. :grin:

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Whilst trying to climb a 5g mast :wink:

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Last couple of weeks, my weekly hours have dropped. I’m blaming the cold weather! I had the day off and a long run was on the list but I never made it out!

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Inspired by the weekends heroics I put a graft in today

I thought 1000 cal in an hour on the new c2 bikes was achievable. ( needs 232 watts ish)
Hung on for the double ! That’s the 2000 cal gym record ( probably because no one else is that sad !)

Watt average 217 for the two hours.
My best bike effort for some time.


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I can smell Camel…toe.

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