2017 Annual Reflection

2017 has not been one of my better years in terms of performance gains and in fact I did well to get the miles that I had hoped with limping along. The year started off with a virus that lingered through January and into February so I missed time building base endurance. I finally got in the groove with extensive endurance training and started ramping up. By the spring I was starting to feel good with stretching the miles and had most of my best of 2017 miles in the spring with back to back solo century rides.

In June while cruising on my usual out and back route I hit a nuisance dog at nearly 30 mph. With extensive road rash and fairly damaged knee I once again had no choice and had to go into rehab mode. For many weeks I had excessive fluid around the right knee and was focused on strengthening the knee because of the torn PCL. I finally started getting back into extensive endurance training, but work deadlines picked up. 

Moving into November I was at the point that it was not worth hitting it hard at the end of the year. It did not matter anyway because I came down with another viral and sinus infection much like the start of the year and went back to easy spinning on the trainer with all hope to get over this illness for good. 

Yes, it has been a tough season in terms of not improving performance, but I do remember a lot of great miles cycling this year. I had some good miles with friends on some group rides and a lot of time cycling solo on fairly peaceful back roads. 

With this summary here are the metrics. 

Total Rides: 278
Total Distance (mile): 8,278
100 Mile Rides (solo): 8
80 Mile Rides: 13
Miles per Month Avg.: 691

Total Time (hours): 450
Days Active: 262
Rides over 4 hours: 23
Rides over 4 hours pedaling: 22
Hours per Month Avg.: 37

TSS per Month Avg.: 2,318
Total Kilojoules: 211,658

Time in Levels by %
Recovery:    26.91
Endurance:  28.53
Tempo:        15.41
Sweetspot:    8.61
FTP:              9.46
FRC/FTP:    10.03
FRC:             1.00
Pmax/FRC:   0.05
Pmax:           0.01

	Duration	Distance	Climbing	TSS	Work	Avg IF
month	h:m:s	mi	ft	TSS	kJ
Jan-17	38:06:38	767.9	4,398	2,023	17,785	0.73
Feb-17	38:35:50	749.8	11,260	2,251	18,058	0.75
Mar-17	41:54:38	803.4	11,438	2,737	20,845	0.78
Apr-17	53:08:20	911.4	21,682	3,317	25,336	0.78
May-17	39:20:30	682	14,206	2,434	18,435	0.76
Jun-17	20:42:37	341.9	6,158	1,171	9,361	0.71
Jul-17	43:44:17	763	15,555	3,149	20,324	0.83
Aug-17	44:56:54	852.8	14,576	2,980	21,128	0.81
Sep-17	36:17:10	655.4	15,054	2,262	17,083	0.79
Oct-17	32:56:05	634.3	8,240	2,020	15,050	0.77
Nov-17	39:46:55	755.5	11,254	2,395	19,052	0.77
Dec-17	19:04:26	380.3	3,757	1,078	9,201	0.73

Training Metrics by: WKO+4 and Strava Premium
Training Application by: PerfPro
Training Power Meter by: Quarq Riken, Quarq Elsa, PowerTap G3
Training Indoor Equipment by: Kickr Gen1, E-Motion Rollers
Bikes: LOOK 585, Felt B10, Cannondale Six13, Felt IA16