2011 Ironman Lake Placid, Marathon leg, lap #1

Saturday, November 10, 2012

Threshold test and suffer fest

 This morning, I had a nice easy 10 mile run with the Brickyard crew. I threw in some pickups over the last 23 miles and felt great.
 At just over mile 10, I met up with Linda and we walked 1 mile for a cool down.
 This afternoon's mean set was a functional threshold power output bike test. I was a bit nervous about this test because I have been following an off season cycling power based plan for approximately 6 weeks and was not sure what the results would be.
 However I was pleasantly surprised with the most significant increase in power output I've had over the last 6 months!!!
 And I had a great zone 5 bike workout to boot, I nearly fell off the bike and could barely walk when the test was done.
 So now the double edge sword, I have to recalculate all my power zones, and the workouts promise to only get more challenging from here on out.
 In other news, my plans for travel to the Philadelphia Marathon are coming together... we are on the brink of race week once again!


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