There is no limbo - there is only the need for hard work!
Have fun getting back up the ladder Roady
I'm at 45 fitness, 43 fatigue, +2 freshness. That's probably all about to change though if I can get my backside to track league tonight!
Ha! Tell me about it! No way to avoid it either, have to admit I was enjoying how good 10 fatigue feels! Not something I've felt very often haha!
Getting there, back up to 29 fatigue after a couple of Zwift sessions.
First on saturday night was an easy/short race which I rode at around 80% effort. Then yesterday attempted the
3R 100km 2.5w/kg group ride. Hit the wall at around an hour, then spent ~20 minutes just hanging in there burning matches to hold the group on the climb (3-3.5w/kg), cracked soon afterwards. A day afterwards on my knees gardening and then breaking up old fence panels means I'm really feeling it today. Still, great training! I'll probably have changed my tune tomorrow when the ache gets worse...
Hope you enjoyed Kos, Strava Explorer showed plenty of cat 2/3 inclines on the island, but I appreciate it's not easy to get away with rides when on a family holiday with others that aren't into cycling like we are.
I think if we'd struggled to find enough things to do/see/distract little one we probably would've. We did ask around about kids bike seats at the hotel/reps/hire place next door and they all drew blanks but did see others riding with them. I had an idea to hire a hybrid ebike for her (+him), then a road bike for me and going out for a jolly. Sadly(!) enough at the hotel to keep us all amused (one of the reasons we'd chosen this hotel was the facilities so can't really complain about that!)
My suggestion for this weekend is...
Do a ramp test on Zwift to get a current FTP estimate and then change your FTP stat in Zwift to that figure if it isn't done automatically
Do some ERG training sessions that will take you above your current FTP
So I ignored all of that and...
I came close to doing a ramp test but part of me just wanted some volume as I know that's what I needed rather than a measure of my completely-rested fitness. See above - a 'beginner' crit race which I messed around on, stretching my legs and testing myself a little (long pulls to bridge to a group in front). I had all intentions of riding a several hour long base ride sunday morning, but in reality hadn't got the stamina for much over an hour. Unsure if the saturday night effort was too much or just that's the level I'm at (more likely). Still good volume/base to build on-from. Maybe ramp test next weekend!
I'm still coming to terms with having lost ~17% off the power I was able to hold back in early March over 20mins before I caught my lurgy and not being able to train hard for ~8 weeks, I went from 314W to 262W. But I have hopefully now "stopped the rot,"
That's a huge cut, damn... Glad I didn't have that much power to lose in the first place!
I think the 'time of year' doesn't help too much with that - the bad weather and illness caught you during a build kinda phase - exactly the opposite happened.
It's Strava, one of the paid for packs, it takes data from a power meter and HRM & spits out some numbers. I don't think too many people take the numbers too seriously tbh.
As TP costs so much I've been using the Strava one for ages. It takes a pinch of salt but I've found it fairly accurate. I think part of that is me always riding with HRM and power. The time I spent without my PWM the strava estimations of power seemed far lower than my usual, so the intensity was far lower, so it screwed things up. It just seems inaccurate without valid power numbers.
Just started using a HR monitor so my graph is a bit crap.
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I think my hr spike to 214 at the last bundy must be an error, 204 max is more like it in the race.
ROFL that is dire. but 1 ride with wonky measurements does not a good graph make!
But I am jealous you can open FAF so easily on your smartphone browser. My android launches into the Strava app (where you can't see it) unless I open it in privacy/desktop mode, then it's so huge it takes a ton of zooming/scrolling to see anything...
If you want an example of a big graph here you go... My nice peak of Fitness & Fatigue is when I rode The Tumble at peak fitness - pre-baby!
Can anyone recommend a good quality small rear light to fit a giant tcr seat post. It's more triangular shaped and the cat eye I currently have never sits straight at the back and constantly needs adjusting. Perhaps something that attaches to the saddle?
Some of the Cateye's I've had come with a little rubber insert to angle the light with underneith the mount. You could trim this with a knife if you have one - cut a V into it like that Exposure mount has.
I have a saddle rail mount for the TraceR, but I've never used it. Want me to dig it out and see how far back I can fit it on saddle rails?
Don't know if that's the best deal, but I've had one of
https://www.merlincycles.com/moon-nebula-rechargeable-rear-bike-light-85851.html for ~2 years, comes with several decent attachment options, great visibility to rear and sides plus long battery (partially as you rarely need the brighter modes).
That would work - depending on width of your post. The mount has 'arms' which would wrap around, but the base of it is still quite wide if you post is really tapered it would still not stay in place.
I had one for a little over one year, must have got water ingress somehow as it failed - it would just randomly switch modes / turn itself on/off. Stay off for long periods etc.
Contacted Moon and they said sorry out of warranty...
Great bright light, while it lasted. Mines battery life really dropped off fast. It's around 2-3 years old now, a full charge seems to take 6 hours and then only last for about the same on a really low mode. It also seems to drain significantly when not used. Charge it up, not use it and around 2 weeks later it'll be flat again! I was carrying it as a backup and learnt the hard way... Still, fantastic bright light with loads of modes. Great mount too. Got mine from Evans' and they wouldn't help due to the age, didn't contact Moon as just assumed the above.
