Training Log Archive: Yvonne

@ Brentwood ice arena - because daughter said she wanted to get back into hockey. Huh. 8 yr. olds can be fickle, so we'll just do a few public skates and see where that takes us. Good times on the ice!

This one was cool! It was a flat course and there was another rider on the screen acting as your pacer. You would catch up to the pacer and ride in his draft (you could actually feel the resistance going down as you caught the draft - virtual reality!). Then for 2 blocks of 5 min., you would sprint ahead of the pacer for 30 sec., then recover for 30 sec. to allow the pacer to catch up and you to get in his draft b4 the next sprint.

The original plan was to set the pacer @ 26 mph, but Wendy and I decided to bump it down to 22 mph due to the upcoming race. Probably good - 22 was hard enough. 132 avg watts throughout session, max of 441 watts. Fun!!

Omg, a ride w/ living, breathing people! Night ride w/ Mickey and HatePavement - Busch Greenway to Katy to Dutzow and back. Testing my lighting - Seca 1400 @ the 700 lumen setting should work well. I rode in Mickey's draft for a lot of this - wanted to keep HR low. Very pleased w/ low-ish perceived exertion. I was feeling a little guilty about riding on the Katy after sunset until we passed a group camp - bunch of tents, campfire, bikes, etc. right along the trail between Matson and Klondike. Bold! Beautiful evening - can't blame them.

C • I was so jealous of you guy... 2

KM level 2.

Power Up: 30 min. sustained climbing @ 165W; every 5 min. did a 1 min. surge @ 215W, then back down to 165W. Very little pep in my step this morning so much harder than I thought it would be. HRM obviously wonky.

During CD, had a nice chat w/ the guy riding next to me. He lives in the Warrenton area and knows all the good gravel out there - got some great local intel.

Trash/recycle hauling plus some extra.

Hip strengthening/flexibility.