10-12wk FTP Builder Week 4 Day 2

For tonight’s ride I went with something slightly different, though still in the same vein as usual with the FTP Builder rides. This was a fairly low intensity ride, though a bit beyond the usual long blue zone segments. To be honest, I just wanted a bit of variety, and ideally, to hit 30km in … Read more

10-12wk FTP Builder Week 9 Day 3

The cold hard truth is: Tonight was supposed to be about riding Amsterdam city ride on Tacx Software. Alas, it wasn’t to be. Being honest, I think I’m jinxed when it comes to that Tacx Software. Talk about problems. Tonight’s issue was a fairly simple one: My 7 day demo access had expired. Can’t really … Read more

FTP Builder Week 9 Day 1

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

FTP Builder Week 8 Day 4

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