PIG Week 9 Session 1 Intervals

Still slugging it out with the 3 x 10 minute, 5 minute recovery sets. Struggled through rep 1 but I made it. Broke cadence on rep 2 and 3 at the 5 minute mark, recovered for 1 minute and then finished strong. Tough set.

The skiing legs responded pretty well. The calves are still a little sore from Sunday but the quads are feeling good.

PIG Week 8

Week 8 was another tough week especially with Thanksgiving, an allergic reaction and a flu shot. It's a wonder I finished the week. One more hard week and then time for a recovery week which can't come too soon.

PIG Week 8 Session 2 Tempo

My head feels like I was drinking all night which would be fine if I had been but I wasn't. I think I got a little cross contaminated food with my allergen last night. The sinus were stuffed and sleep was lousy. It almost kept me from doing this morning's workout.

45 minutes tempo at 221 watts. To think 8 week ago I could barely hold 224 watts for 30 minutes. Today I averaged 226 watts, stuffed head and all.

PIG Week 7

I just finished the last required workout of week 7 and I'm glad this week is over. The interval set was a disaster and my legs never had a chance to rest after that. It might have been easier if I hadn't done the interval set again but I didn't want to leave the set undone.

Now it's time for some rest so that I can get back on track with week 8.

PIG Week 7 Session 1 Intervals The Sequel

Tuesday was definitely not my day, the workout kicked my butt. So what am I supposed to do? Get tough, dig deep and do it again. I'm not going to let some little interval set beat me. Eat half a pizza for dinner, get a good night's sleep and get back on the saddle.

I know the workout plan says don't do back to back hard workouts but that's what I'm doing. That workout is going down.

After an hour, that interval workout is done.

PIG Week 7 Session 2 Tempo

What a difference a day makes! Yesterday's workout was a disaster. I just couldn't hold the power output for ten minutes. Who could know that ten minutes could be so long.

Today was completely different, a fifty minute tempo workout. I just picked out a course, 70.3 California, set the power on cruise control and just let it flow. Maybe it was the breakfast that I had for dinner last night, scrambled eggs, bacon and hash browns. It probably had a lot more calories than Monday night's dinner.

PIG Week 7 Session 1 Intervals

Ouch, this set kicked my butt.  It was supposed to be 3 x 10 minutes @ 255 watts. The first rep felt pretty good, hard but I still felt good. Half way through rep 2, the bottom fell out. The brutal thing about coaching mode on the computrainer is that the computer adjust the resistance no matter how much you are suffering. You can't drop the wattage. It's like riding up a hill and bonking. The hill is still there but your going backwards.

Maybe I should eat more than just grilled cheese and tomato soup?