This was sort of a "make-up" workout I was supposed to do on Saturday. It was supposed to be a 2.5 hour effort, but it's hard to get motivated to stay on the trainer that long. Besides, I used the CompuTrainer in ergo mode, and I think the trainer was reading my watts too high. At 240 watts on the CT, my power meter was reading about 215. So, I don't think my effort wasn't as high as it should have been. I'll have to skip the ergo mode from now on, and stick to slightly inclined courses and my gearing for the proper power output.
The workout was supposed to be 30 min warmup followed by 2x20 min at 80-85% of functional threshold power (FTP), followed by 10 min easy spinning easing into 3 x 10 min at FTP and then another 30 min coolign down. After the 2 x 20 min (about 1:15), I was pretty much done with sitting on the trainer. As you can see from the graph, my power was rather low. 80% of FTP for me is about 220 Watts. My average over those two 20 min intervals was significantly lower than that. I'm a little disappointed with that and my desire to get off the bike at just over an hour, but I guess I need to work up to those long rides. Besides, I think my position on the bike is a little off. I need to do some adjustments and see if I can make it feel more comfortable.
Tomorrow is likely an "off" day. I'd like to swim, but I don't think Laura's ready for me to leave her alone with the babies to go off and swim in the morning. I'll push it to Wed., when my mom is in town and can help out in the morning. I may run easy for 30 minutes tomorrow instead.
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