Silver Comet Sunday - August 8th

Garmin Connect Ride Data

Solo: Solo effort, but I did join in with a guy named John for a few miles in the first interval. Really I drafted John for a few miles, but close to the turning point my hips really tightened up and I was feeling the fatigue from Saturday. There was just no way I was going to be able to hang with John to finish the ride and he looked to be in a good consistent solid pace. Perhaps having John there was a bit of motivation for me to dig a little deeper on the first interval. I definitely felt the fatigue in my legs.

Route Description: Flat

Nutrition Intake During the Course: (1)Hammer gel, (1)24oz. bottle with Hammer Heed (1) 24oz. bottle with plain water (3)Endurolytes, (1)Post Ride 30gram whey protein drink

Weather: Hot - 91 degrees

Training Goal: My goal was an hour out and and hour back at a tempo pace, but with the ride yesterday I knew today may be a struggle and it was. I could not hold level 3 (tempo) and ended up more in level 2. The first half was not too bad, but I could feel the fatigue in my legs and some discomfort in my hamstrings and hips with a 0.77 IF. The second interval (on the way back) I reluctantly tapered back and ended with a 0.6 IF.

Interval 1:
Duration: 59:20 (1:00:24)
Work: 581 kJ
TSS: 59.1 (intensity factor 0.775)
Norm Power: 178
Distance: 17.749 mi
Min/ Max/ Avg
Power: 0/ 557/ 164 watts
Cadence: 31/ 244/ 83 rpm
Speed: 4.8/ 26.3/ 18.0 mph
Pace 2:17/ 12:23/ 3:20 min/mi
Hub Torque: 0/ 285 /61 lb-in
Crank Torque: 0 /779 /178 lb-in

Interval 2:
Duration: 1:02:15 (1:03:16)
Work: 481 kJ
TSS: 38.6 (intensity factor 0.614)
Norm Power: 141
Distance: 17.782 mi
Min / Max / Avg
Power: 0 / 393 / 130 watts
Cadence: 29 / 244 / 69 rpm
Speed: 2.3 / 24.3 / 17.3 mph
Pace 2:28 / 26:06 / 3:28 min/mi
Hub Torque: 0 / 210 / 51 lb-in
Crank Torque: 0 / 707 / 166 lb-in