Wooden shoes! Wooden head! Wouldn't listen!
In my opinion generalizations made around ones heritage are rarely valid . However I choose to embrace the idea that as a Dutchman I am somehow more stubborn than the average person. Of course that attitude gets me in as much trouble as it has generated success.
Today was one such result. My plan was to wait 72 hours between my last two interval bike workouts like the experts strongly suggest, but I decided one more time that I knew better. I had a sneaking suspicion that it would cost me and sure enough it was a battle today. As delighted as I was with my Sunday ride I wasn't quite recovered . Regardless I completed the first 20 minute session without too much trouble but the recovery period seemed more like one minute than five. By the 15 minute point of the second one I was pretty well done and my average power started to slip below the prescribed 232 watts. With 2 minutes left I was down to 226, but somehow I found a bit of a reserve and got it back to 330 by the end. Close enough! As anal as I am I would have liked to have completed it to the letter but it truly is irrelevant. I had a good strong workout and that's all that matters.
Mind you I'm a bit whipped right now!
Tomorrow I will try a long run followed by a long ride Thursday if I still feel okay. Both of those may be bad ideas but I guess I'll find out!
"Stubborn people get themselves in a lot of trouble, but they also get things done."---Anna Paquin
Love
Peter
In my opinion generalizations made around ones heritage are rarely valid . However I choose to embrace the idea that as a Dutchman I am somehow more stubborn than the average person. Of course that attitude gets me in as much trouble as it has generated success.
Today was one such result. My plan was to wait 72 hours between my last two interval bike workouts like the experts strongly suggest, but I decided one more time that I knew better. I had a sneaking suspicion that it would cost me and sure enough it was a battle today. As delighted as I was with my Sunday ride I wasn't quite recovered . Regardless I completed the first 20 minute session without too much trouble but the recovery period seemed more like one minute than five. By the 15 minute point of the second one I was pretty well done and my average power started to slip below the prescribed 232 watts. With 2 minutes left I was down to 226, but somehow I found a bit of a reserve and got it back to 330 by the end. Close enough! As anal as I am I would have liked to have completed it to the letter but it truly is irrelevant. I had a good strong workout and that's all that matters.
Mind you I'm a bit whipped right now!
Tomorrow I will try a long run followed by a long ride Thursday if I still feel okay. Both of those may be bad ideas but I guess I'll find out!
"Stubborn people get themselves in a lot of trouble, but they also get things done."---Anna Paquin
Love
Peter
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