Today was another beautiful, warm, mid-February day in the high desert with clear blue skies and scattered cirrus clouds. The wind was again out of the NE to E so I rode my old commute route to NASA Edwards AFB to 70E. FOX@2:15: 64deg; ENE6.
For today’s workout, I did an out-of-the-saddle (OOTS) interval up the SR14 overpass, a set of eleven 20-revolution OOTS intervals a mile apart from each other, then heading home, another interval up the SR12 overpass. Today’s intervals were stronger and more consistent than Tuesday’s intervals.
I felt good and strong at the start of the ride but as typical for riding the PCs, at about mile 3 to 5, my legs were struggling to pedal the PCs. I was hoping that standing OOTS up the SR14 overpass would get the legs working better. Sure enough, it did! Below is the max power data for each of the intervals: SR14: 501W with 36 pedaling revolutions; 20-rev #1: 571W; #2: 611W; #3: 607; #4: 602; #5: 628W; #6: 631W; #7: 632W; #8: 630W; #9: 618; #10: 632W; #11: 641W; SR14: 522W. Today, I was in a better gear to start the 2nd climb over SR14 – higher max power. You can see from the time history, that in general, when I did these 20-revolution OOTS intervals, speed increased from 19 mph to 27 mph. Each interval literally took the wind out of me. It took about a 1/4 mile to recover before I was pedaling “normal” again. I still had strong legs to finish the ride. FOX@3:40: 64deg; ENE3.
After today’s ride, I lifted weights with my personal trainer. Since I already worked the legs pedaling the PCs, I worked on arms and core.