Week Ending March 18th in Review

Overall, a very successful week.  The early part of the week was solely focused on Thursday’s FTP test.  This mainly caused some anxiety on trying to perform on this test and keeping the efforts fairly light to support that beast out.  On Wednesday, the angst was at a maximum.  I was thinking back to the previous week where I was unable to complete the 2x10min FTP intervals.  How on earth was I going to be able to double that effort without dropping out?  Matt helped me with the strategy to pace through it and made sure that I knew this was ‘just another strong workout’ and not to put so much pressure on myself.  In the end, I knew I should’ve been more confident in my capability and strength on the bike.  A couple of key highlights:

     ·    FTP Test 2x20min.  See previous post for detail.  All-in-all, a very good effort.

     ·    AeT run in NH around Opechee Lake (Laconia).  Went a little too hot for my 3x9’.  Target was 7:15-7:30, but I ended up running a bit more like 7:02ish.  Perceived effort was very hard but HR never really crept up to the estimated AeT range.  As a result, we’ve decided to knock back the paces for a couple weeks.  Somewhat humbling, but a good strategy to mitigate any risk associated with running too hard for these quality sessions.