SST’s

Weather is blowing in here on the front range, temps have come down a bit compared to last week. But being an Upstate New Yorker, it’s still great weather for me to train in.

Yesterday was a rest day, which meant today was time to grab the bike and head out for some time. With the weather moving in, (snow was coming fast) I decided to cut the workout by 30 minutes so I wouldn’t get caught in the blackening skies.

On tap for today was 3 x 9 minute Sweet Spot Training intervals. The legs were so-so today, nothing special almost felt a bit flat. I did manage to get the work done. As you can see in the graph below, doing SST’s on the road isn’t always pretty. Though, I easily fell in wattage range for the duration of each effort, the rolling terrain keeps the chart from looking perfect. Especially the 3rd effort where I hit some really good rolling terrain, and got up and out of the saddle for the efforts while lightening up on the descents just a tad. A good workout and by no means was I hosed at the end of the workout, but just comfortable and glad I decided to head out.

Need some help in determining your training zones; well FasCat Coach Frank Overton, just posted an article on VeloNews on how to perform a field test and set up your training zones