I will be using this blog to schedule group runs, seminars, and workouts for all my athletes and other people interested in doing the ultra. I will also be using this blog to document my training for the 2010 Vermont 100 Mile Ultramarathon. For official articles, please visit my other blog at http://coachjoegold.blogspot.com.

Thursday, December 24, 2009

T-194 Days to VT 100 Mile Ultra - No rest on Christmas Eve - 26 Mile Bike on Computrainer

Thursday December 24:

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Ooooh, this was a good one. I've never felt this comfortable on the bike since the 1990's. Choosing the hilly Columbian Triathlon Course, I decided to really challenge myself here.

After calibrating the machine, I immediately set out on a pretty tough pace. I had to adjust the computerized pacer upward to match the effort. The hills were challenging but I did rather well here, concentrating my spinning circles to keep as efficient as possible.

The downhills were a treat, hitting a simulated 33 MPH on some of the larger downhills (unlike real hills where you can coast without pedalling, you need to pedal on the Computrainer to move).

I finished the hilly course with a total time of 1:27:02 (17.9 MPH), a good showing for this course at this time. Average wattage is 194.

With consistency, I should even improve on this result.

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