This week has been a bit unusual, as I’ve done both of my workouts earlier in the day than usual. Normally, I’d fit them in later, but I’m supposed to be down in London for work. Due to my shoulder injury, I had to pass on the trip, so I’m still working from home while the rest of my team is on an away day.
Because my team is starting later than I typically do, I’ve been able to get my rides in nice and early.
For this ride, I chose a route called The Tour of Hegra on the Alula map, and did the Endurance 5 workout. This one included cadence drills, which I honestly wasn’t aware of before I started. However, I don’t think they were strictly enforced. I half-followed one of the drills, but only because I noticed the on-screen prompt telling me to do so.
Graphically, I found this map a bit lacking. There were a lot of low resolution textures, especially noticeable on the plants, which looked very flat and repetitive. You can really see this in the screenshots. I’d be interested to see how this route looks on MyWhoosh HD for comparison.
The one positive thing was that it seemed quite well optimised for MyWhoosh Go. The frame rate was decent enough, though that’s probably to be expected given the fairly average graphical quality.
Unlike Zwift, where it shows you your target power and cadence on the side of the screen, MyWhoosh doesn’t seem to have this feature. There’s an indication of power, but no clear target for cadence.
Normally, during my workouts, I aim to maintain a steady cadence of around 95 RPM regardless of power output. However, for this particular workout, I decided to switch things up. In the final section, there’s a threshold effort followed by what I assume is meant to be a sprint. For this, I decided to drop my cadence from the usual 95 RPM down to about 70 RPM—though I only managed to hit 75 RPM. That was by far the hardest part of the workout.
One other issue I encountered was trainer lag, which isn’t unique to MyWhoosh—I’ve had the same experience in Zwift. If you don’t spin up the turbo to a sufficient RPM, hitting the target power output can be extremely challenging. The turbo goes into a progressive downward cycle, becoming more and more resistant, which makes it harder to maintain power.
I had to get out of the saddle for that section, so thank God my arm is nothing like it used to be at this point. The pain in the legs overshadowed any pain elsewhere.
Overall, this week has seen a couple of solid workouts. I’m not entirely sure what to do tomorrow, and I don’t think it’s going to be an early ride, as these past two days were exceptions. Tomorrow, normal service should resume with work.
I’m undecided about whether to do another structured workout or just a free ride. I suppose I’ll make that choice on the day.
