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A Splash of Light Pedaling

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For this evening’s ride I was looking for something about an hour long, and certainly a little on the relaxed side. Some light pedaling, but enough to get some kilometers on the board. As such I opted for one of the FTP Builder rides, this time repeating Week 8 Day 3. I had thought about … Read more

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