CompuTrainer Class: Season Preparation V

I did something today that I haven't done in at least a year: I rode someone else's ride in class. Usually I look only at my name and numbers, and I try to keep a very steady cadence first and watts next. Sometimes I look at my watts per kilogram (WPK), but not often, and I rarely look at miles per hour and total distance. Today, I tried to keep the same miles per hour and cadence as Anna for the first 50 minutes or so, and I succeeded (I know this because we were within 0.10 miles of each other the entire time). I did not enjoy it at all, because it was much less consistent than normal and I felt like I was working a lot harder for not the best results. But it was a good challenge! (The HR information below shows that I was working a lot harder than normal.)

12-06-11
12-09-11
12-13-11
12-15-11
12-20-11

• 1:39:00, 159 HR (184 max)
  1:32:00, 167 HR (184 max)
  1:36:00, 161 HR (182 max)
  1:47:00, 154 HR (183 max)
  1:26:30, 157 HR (179 max)
• 7:35, 124 HR: warming up the trainer
  7:15, 148 HR
  9:58, 124 HR
  14:56, 107 HR (I was off an on a lot during this 15 minutes)
  16:06, 123 HR
• 20:32, 139 HR: warm up; 4:03, 163 HR: easy spin
  19:45, 170 HR; 4:00, 167 HR
  20:33, 163 HR; 3:56, 160 HR
  26:11, 157 HR; 3:59, 155 HR
  20:36, 162 HR; 4:00. 162 HR
• 10:25, 171 HR: 1-leg drills; 10:29 rest (162 HR)
  10:30, 170 HR; 4:30 rest
  10:30, 167 HR; 4:30 rest
  10:30, 159 HR; 4:30 rest
  10:30, 165 HR; 4:30 rest
• 9:20, 172 HR: 9-3 drills; 2:39, 160 HR: easy spin
  8:11, 171 HR; 4:45, 163 HR
  8:11, 168 HR; 3:55, 160 HR
  8:07, 169 HR; 3:53, 164 HR
  8:07, 172 HR; 3:53, 163 HR
• To 105 RPM: 3:06, 173 HR, 1 min rest; to 110 RPM: 3:00, 175 HR, 1 min rest; to 115 RPM: 3:00, 176 HR, 1 min rest; to 111 RPM: 3:00, 177 HR, 1 min rest
  To 105 RPM: 3:00, 170 HR, 1 min rest; to 110 RPM: 3:00, 172 HR, 1 min rest; to 115 RPM: 3:00, 174 HR, 1 min rest; to 113 RPM: 3:00, 172 HR, 1 min rest
  To 120 RPM: 3:00, 173 HR, 1 min rest; to 115 RPM: 3:00, 172 HR, 1 min rest; to 110 RPM: 3:00, 171 HR, 1 min rest; to 105 RPM: 3:00, 171 HR, 1 min rest
  To 120 RPM: 3:00, 172 HR, 1 min rest; to 115 RPM: 3:00, 174 HR, 1 min rest; to 110 RPM: 3:00, 173 HR, 1 min rest; to 105 RPM: 3:00, 171 HR, 1 min rest
  To 120 RPM: 3:00, 173 HR, 1 min rest; to 115 RPM: 3:00, 173 HR, 1 min rest; to 110 RPM: 3:00, 174 HR, 1 min rest; to 105 RPM: 3:00, 173 HR, 1 min rest
• 4:00, 163 HR: easy spin
  4:00, 164 HR
  4:00, 159 HR
  4:00, 161 HR
  3:47, 160 HR
• 3:30, 169 HR: 1-leg drills; 2:33, 167 HR: easy spin
  3:24, 168 HR; 2:35, 167 HR
  3:26, 167 HR; 2:34, 164 HR
  3:15, 170 HR; 2:45, 168 HR
  skipped
• 8:10, 174 HR: tempo; 0:45, 172 HR: spin
  8:10, 173 HR; 0:49, 179 HR
  8:07, 171 HR; 1:24, 169 HR
  8:05, 171 HR; 1:46, 160 HR
  skipped

The afternoon workout was 10×30sec manual holds (well, minus the manual holds). We will see how riding hard again early tomorrow morning goes! I didn't do this—got home too late and had too much to do.