January Indoor Challenge

[linzq]

Hey, this looks like just the thing to keep me accountable. Can I join too?

[maillotpois]

My real goal for the year is 2 classes per week - they're an hour and a half, power based, and really push me. (They also periodize, so it's not all go go go.) I find that is all I really need to be able to turn out a solid double century on the weekend (if I am building my weekend mileage rationally). Last week I "cheated" and rode outside one of the weekdays.

Threshold intervals last night. Long ones. At least the cadence was lower. I can push a large # of watts at 70 - 85 RPM but the ones that are 95 - 105 make me crazy. Suffering is good, though.

I am trying to use a friend of mine as a pain totem during the really hard intervals - I try to visualize him to make myself push through. This is a guy who's close to 60 who did 2 super rando series last year (including the one I did) on a fixed gear bike. It was such fun watching him get up and down some of our climbs. Really inspiring and shows you there's always going to be someone crazier than you.

[Susan Otcenas]

Pretty sure I'm not going to make my goal. I just hired a coach for Ironman Canada. She's going to take me off the bike almost entirely for awhile. This is going to be a huge mental adjustment for me! But her assessment really is correct. At this point in the season, I have little to gain on the bike, but TONS to gain by spending more time running and in the pool. So, that's what I'll be doing. I'm hoping I get to go to my cycling class one day per week, but I'll do whatever she tells me to do.

[Red Rock]

Well, I had a terrible first week or so of the month. I am happy to say that I have now added two more hours. It is such a mental boost and motivator to see the percentage change once you input your numbers. I hope that I can keep this up for the rest of the month.

After all some is better than nothing.

Red Rock

[five one]

Here we have this indoor challenge, and almost all of my time has been outside. I figure I may as well count it since I'm being active.

The front derailleur on my trainer bike had something break on it several weeks ago. I finally determined it was beyond my very limited repair abilities, so it's in the shop. The weather has been unseasonably nice, so all my riding has been on the road.

That may change soon. Rain is forecast for later this week.

[Catrin]

Here we have this indoor challenge, and almost all of my time has been outside. I figure I may as well count it since I'm being active.

The front derailleur on my trainer bike had something break on it several weeks ago. I finally determined it was beyond my very limited repair abilities, so it's in the shop. The weather has been unseasonably nice, so all my riding has been on the road.

That may change soon. Rain is forecast for later this week.

Some of us are counting our outside riding and others, like me, are counting all activity (spinning, trainer, weights, etc). In the end it is a personal challenge, and whatever it takes to encourage ourselves is a good thing It seems that currently the only time it gets warm outside enough for me to ride is when I am either working or ill

[Veronica]

Here we have this indoor challenge, and almost all of my time has been outside. I figure I may as well count it since I'm being active.

Yeah, it's going to be hard for me to make my goal. I like riding outside in the sun.

The challenge is what YOU make of it. I'm only counting my indoor time because I need to get my butt on the trainer and do those more intense videos if I want to finish the ride I've got planned in April. I never push myself outside the way I do on the trainer.

Veronica

[Catrin]

... I never push myself outside the way I do on the trainer.

Veronica

I am the opposite - for some reason I can never push myself as hard on the trainer. However I am improving, I just have this mental barrier of 1 hour on the trainer - mentally I can't sustain it for longer than that. The road/trail is quite different...