Having not meant to ride yesterday, I had a “recovery ride” in mind for this morning. Now, I’m not 100% sure what a recovery ride actually is, but in my mind it means still going to ride, but mainly in the green and yellow bands without so much red.
On that front, I failed.
As it was London map today on Zwift, I decided to ride for my usual target of 10km in 20 minutes or less. And whilst I have now achieved this on another map but still consider achieving this on London to be the benchmark.
And today I managed to achieve my goal. I rode 10km in 19 minutes 18 seconds. And that’s with the initial warm up period. Really happy with this. Feels like a strong sign of progress.
Aside from the time and distance goal, I didn’t have much more in mind for this ride than to stay as close to, or above 140W as possible. Strava says I achieved this.
One thing I did differently today was to ride in a much harder gear. This has highlighted a very annoying clicking sound on the front derailleur which I am very much looking forward to trouble shooting :/
Also today, a weird clicking / clunking sound has started at the top of the stroke on my right pedal. Further investigation needed. Hopefully nothing serious.
I tried my best on the sprint today. On the first pass I was just pootling along, only having just started my ride. On the second / real pass, I tried to get some steam going before hitting the sprint start line. This seems to have had no real impact. My time today was very average
I have to face facts. I will never be a sprinter. I was never a fast runner. I will almost certainly never be an explosive sprinter. I’m more interested in distance / endurance. But those sprint high scores, I find them so compelling.
Lastly for today I got a small gain in my guesstimated FTP. I’ll take it.
Looks like a ride tomorrow, then rest day on Friday. Followed by some longer rides on Saturday and Sunday.