Month: October 2019

FTP Builder Week 9 Day 1

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For this afternoon’s ride I had two goals: Ride over 37km Don’t thrash myself As I’ve mentioned previously, I’m now using the FTP Builder rides predominantly as recovery rides, and will use other, harder workouts to push myself towards improving my overall FTP ‘score’. This ride was pretty dull to be fair. I opted for … Read more

Sweet Spot Training (Short)

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For tonight’s ride I opted for something a little different, and if I’m being completely honest, something a little daunting: Sweet Spot Training. Here’s the schedule: For my FTP (198w), I had: 5 minutes at 190w 5 minutes at 175w Rinse and repeat four times. I’d picked this out during the morning, so was aware … Read more

FTP Builder Week 8 Day 4

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For this afternoon’s ride I carried on with the FTP Builder series, this time riding Week 8 Day 4. I genuinely question whether or not this is actually helping me build up my FTP at this point. The weekly review graphs clearly show these rides are far from taxing. However, they do serve as jolly … Read more

Borrego Springs – RGT Cycling

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For tonight’s ride I opted for RGT Cycling’s Borrego Springs route, which is one I have tried to ride before, but last time suffered from a rather odd bug. There were no issues (at least, with the ride itself) tonight. As the picture above describes, this is a largely flat route, in a standard rectangular … Read more