Interesting day today in light of yesterdays post. I hadn't thought about it at the time but I woke up this morning realizing that it was "test" day. Perhaps not what the doctor ordered? Test day is in preparation for my 20 week bike training program. The creators of the program guarantee a 10 percent improvement over the 20 weeks, and so of course I needed to measure the current state. That comes in the form of a 30 minute, balls out, time trial on the trainer.
I was quite nervous going into it but after the lengthy warmup it calls for, I actually felt pretty good. In the end I produced an average of 172 watts, at an average heart rate of 144. I was pleasantly surprised.
Now if they know what they're talking about....and if I do the work... by next march I should be able to produce 190 watts at about the same heart rate. That would indeed be an accomplishment. "Time will tell!!
Before my bike ride I went to the pool where I made it a point not to do any measuring. And a more casual attitude may well be the right thing in the water. Perhaps I've explained this before but the dependency on flotation devices that I've allowed myself to build over the last year has pretty well killed my ability to swim without. Today I decided as soon as I got in the pool that I would do a few lengths of very relaxed swimming without any help, and without any attention to the clock. Much to my great surprise I swam 250 metres and felt very good doing so!! This is a mini breakthrough and hopefully a result of focusing on drills. "Time" will tell!!
Lastly for today I must tell you about a brief note I received from brother Bill this evening. He tells me that my "diesel" engine may not be very effective at killing rats. I didn't understand why, but when I researched it I found to my surprise that diesel engines produce far less carbon monoxide than gas engines, primarily because they are so much more efficient. Live and learn! I still suspect that I killed them as I left it run for 45 mins in a fairly small space, but I now fret that maybe it was not very humane!! If there was one thing I learned from my Dad it was that you never knowingly allowed an animal to suffer needlessly. "Time" will tell!!
(swim drills, computrainer 75mins)
"I took some time out for life."---James L Brooks
Love
Peter
I was quite nervous going into it but after the lengthy warmup it calls for, I actually felt pretty good. In the end I produced an average of 172 watts, at an average heart rate of 144. I was pleasantly surprised.
Now if they know what they're talking about....and if I do the work... by next march I should be able to produce 190 watts at about the same heart rate. That would indeed be an accomplishment. "Time will tell!!
Before my bike ride I went to the pool where I made it a point not to do any measuring. And a more casual attitude may well be the right thing in the water. Perhaps I've explained this before but the dependency on flotation devices that I've allowed myself to build over the last year has pretty well killed my ability to swim without. Today I decided as soon as I got in the pool that I would do a few lengths of very relaxed swimming without any help, and without any attention to the clock. Much to my great surprise I swam 250 metres and felt very good doing so!! This is a mini breakthrough and hopefully a result of focusing on drills. "Time" will tell!!
Lastly for today I must tell you about a brief note I received from brother Bill this evening. He tells me that my "diesel" engine may not be very effective at killing rats. I didn't understand why, but when I researched it I found to my surprise that diesel engines produce far less carbon monoxide than gas engines, primarily because they are so much more efficient. Live and learn! I still suspect that I killed them as I left it run for 45 mins in a fairly small space, but I now fret that maybe it was not very humane!! If there was one thing I learned from my Dad it was that you never knowingly allowed an animal to suffer needlessly. "Time" will tell!!
(swim drills, computrainer 75mins)
"I took some time out for life."---James L Brooks
Love
Peter
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