Haven’t posted in a while. Off season has been uneventful. Trying to figure out my back and hamstring issues and figured out it probably has more to do with my office chair and posture while working then triathlon. Pretty funny – if something hurts it’s got to be triathlon right? WRONG – was sitting very poorly for hours without moving much while working. Got a new office chair, working on posture and getting up and moving around periodically. Back and hamstrings are better.
I’ve mostly been swimming and that’s going well. Have done a little track to get ready for the YMCA Run Through the Woods. Not a 5K PR, but a respectable 27:15 and second place AG – I’ll take it.
So this weekend, had a 1:45 ride. It was cold and rainy, so I did it on the trainer. I thought I had done OK. My coach thought differently. As usual, he was looking for me to have cadence 80 of above. I am a terribly low cadence rider and struggle HARD with this. It’s even worse on my trainer for some reason. So I did about 15 minutes at the higher cadence, but my power was high (for me) and I didn’t think I could sustain it for the whole ride and I backed off.
Today he gave me a one hour high cadence ride. So, hopped on the bike at 6 am determined to get this done. And I did. Man, was it hard. For an hour trainer ride, my average power is usually around 116. This one was 137 : over 20 power points higher. Higher cadence = higher power. Was dripping in sweat but I didn’t die. Then I did a 2 mile run off the bike and it was 10:23 pace (pretty fast for me after riding.)
Bottom line, I’m not going to get where I want to go if I stay in my comfort zone. It’s going to hurt and it’s going to be hard. So starting today the comfort zone is off limits……..time to get serious.
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