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'It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.' Theodore Roosevelt 23 April 1910

Wednesday, 7 May 2008

Wednesday Is PAIN Day!

Be it the local bike club 10-mile TT or an L4 turbo session, Wednesday is PAIN Day. After last week's double 2-up 10 mile TT this week it was the L4 turbo session. As you may be aware, I do my turbo sessions by power not heart rate and the L4 session is as follows:

10 min warm-up
6 x [6 mins at 105% FTP, 2 mins recovery)
15 mins warm down

At present, 105% of FTP means 340 watts on my turbo trainer (Tacx Flow). FTP is Functional Threshold Power, which is the maximum power that you can sustain for 1 hour. There is a lung-busting leg-burning session to establish your FTP but I will save that for another day.

Oh yes, almost forgot, I managed a 10km run this morning as well - started very easy and increased the effort as the run went on, finishing at about RPE 7.

So another 2 hours ticked off today. I have another work commitment tomorrow evening so it will be an easy day, which is only fair after another tough Wednesday.

Train smart folks.
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