2nd day in a row of indoor training at Cycling Concepts was again terrific. Felt much better during this ride than yesterdays, as I readjusted the fit to be similar to that of my Cervelo. I still did not have my knee shaver pedal extenders on, so the was still some knees flying about the shop last night. No pain in the knee or calf last night though, which is great!
Tonight is the Christmas party at CC in Rocky Hill, so I won't be going to Newington Bike to train. I have mixed feelings about this, as I am tired, but am beginning to feel the positive effects of training on my body. My legs feel great, as we are still aerobic base building. Last night we did Spinerval Base Building 3. Nice an mellow long sets of 20-15-10-5 minutes to 1:30 rest between. Each set was about 70% HRMax, or below anaerobic threshold. Love to ride this way, although I know it will not really make me faster, or increase my Fitness as quickly, it just feels good to my body and legs.
This begs the question: Why do I ride and train? Do I train to improve, and punish my body? or Do I train to enjoy the workouts and make my body feel good knowing I will not improve nearly as much or as quickly? Hmmmm. I think I will try to do a bit of both. On days my body can work out hard I will do high intensity intervals, on days I feel tired I will work less hard and more aerobically. A plan emerges. Not sure if this is effective training, but at my age, any training is effective.
Well, I need a nap before going to the party...Night Night!
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