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Wife has a new mtb so we are headed out to the trails.
Ran 10k this morning??. Planned to ride an organized tour this morning but appears the weather there was more wet than here ?. This week normal sweet spot training planned on zwift. Next weekend “omloop van vlaanderen” another organized tour ??
2hr ride
Some zwift racing followed by a long ride on Sunday around Essex!
Cycled at the Cradel of Humanity just outside of Johannesburg South Africa. Great ride 56 km. Perfect day for a ride.
16.1km hilly run on Saturday, setting up the turbo dungeon tomorrow for some Zwift action!
We rode with a bunch of 20 kids a short part of the first ride of the season in the topcompetitie (semi-prof). Love to see all those kids enjoy and suffer and enjoy again. The kids are ready for their next race! At the last stop we ate pancakes with hot chocolate. All together a top day om the bike (without power meter yet).
No cycling this weekend, no swimming and a drop out at a nocturne trail run event since I’m dealing with a back injury . :( maybe I’ll be rather more lucky in this game. :/
Freezing temps means indoor training, specifically an FTP test! Not looking forward to that.
Some hours on the trainer, it’s 16 outside. Need to look into a crank power meter and get race wheels.
Swimming this morning, couple/few hour ride after (alas, likely on the trainer due to rain). Run after that
Hammering on the trainer in between applying coats of paint in the new addition at the house.
50 miles over the Severn Bridge from England into Wales and around the hills. Getting training in for this seasons time trial races!
I rode 40 miles early Saturday.
Sleeping on the couch in recovery mode after a week of no sleep.
2 hour ride on the trainer and weather permitting, outdoor ride Sunday if the snow melts
Trainer ride whilst watching the Strade Bianche on tv.
Rainy weekend, so 2.5hr and 2 hr indoor training this weekend.
Mtb hopefully before the rain hits.
No cycling planned this weekend; some sprint intervals on the track.
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I did 75 minutes on the trainer last night. Still trying to decide if I want to go bike with my local Tri club Sunday morning before our annual kickoff party but I’m leaning against it because it’s forecast to be around 30 degrees then!
interval training – 7×2 min zone 5.
Spinning and core work out this weekend. It’s 10 deg. F outside.
I plan to get in 50 miles (rain, sun, or snow) here in the Puget Sound.
Just taking it easy with the road bike
So far, I have ridden 88 miles along the New Orleans lakefront this weekend. Hopefully another 30-40 more tomorrow. I love living in the south this time of year!
Two hours through the gorgeous forests in the Dandenong Ranges. On the MTB so can use the trails and avoid all the weekend tourists on the roads.
Long weekend ride if it does not rain.
sunday ride in the rain!
I plan to get 10-15 miles in tomorrow on the mountain bike.
2 hrs of interval with 3x 20 min power blocks today and 90 steady easy ride on Sunday.
On Saturday I plan to do a 2 hour Tempo/SST session on Zwift or along the Tyne Valley. On Sunday I’ll be doing a 55 mile club ride with 2800 foot of climbing in Northumberland.
Had a nice run this morning, planning a 3 hour Zwift ride in the morning. Zwift allows my wife and I to ride together.
No biking this weekend. Servicing my bikes…
Full output power, preparing for National Track Cup in April.
Full rest day on Saturday followed by 2.5 hours of cold dawn patrol mtb on Sunday. This will be a hilly ride with team-mates and probably close to race pace.
Currently doing my weekend ride now… on the trainer
Hello, 2x1h plannified this weekend for the come back
Loop around Lux today – rain dependent another 20-30 miles tomorrow, or a ride in the basement.
Just the usual LSD this weekend
40 miler in 70 degree weather in Tucson.
A couple of gentle spins, studiously avoid Strade Bianchi results until I can catch up.
I will be doing a 1.5 hour Trainerroad ride. Sweet Spot intervals at their best!
Hibernate on the trainer for another weekend because upstate New York weather sucks badly!
Chilly weekend in Vermont, gonna be spending a lot of time on the rollers the next couple of days.
10 miles tempo
Still hammering the trainer here! Excited to get outside soon! long run tomorrow!
Short road ride today to wake up the systems. Than hitting the real mountain tomorrow for early season mountain bike race. Gonna be cold below freezing but got to love the variables on the east coast of the US this time of year.
Finally starting to ride again will ride an hour Sunday to get back into it
Just finished a session on the trainer while watching the men’s ITU Abu Dhabi race – good stuff!
Maybe a touch of fat biking and some other winter farewell activities.
Clark and Hunter workouts on TrainerRoad’s Sweet Spot Base Mid Volume II
Just a short run this weekend.
CompuTrainer on Saturday.
Rest day on Sunday.
7° F this morning.
After setting record highs (71 degrees Fahrenheit) a week ago here in Boston, today’s daytime high is forecast to be 17 degrees — brrr. Sadly, my training plan calls for 200 TSS this weekend, so at least half of those are going to be on a trainer indoors. Tomorrow, I’m hoping to get out on my fatbike. (Speaking of which, it appears that nobody makes a powermeter compatible with 197mm rear hub spacing bikes — neither MTB pedals, cranks, crankarms — is it really that small a niche??)
Thanks so much for everything you do!!
Just a 18km run.
As it’s still minus degrees here then two sessions in zwift. 1,5-2h 70-75% ftp session and 1h interval training.
Snowing so an hour on the trainer
No biking for me until it warms up. I’ll be out running instead.
Cycling: 108km yesterday, 100km today
Runnung: tomorrow 15km
No biking the past week – but loads of skiing instead!
No rides yet, house maintenance this weekend
Turbo Watching Strade Bianche
AM: hour on the rollers
PM: Workout at the Velodromr
Indoor ride on the Cyclops 300 Pro while watching the Tour of Dubai on YouTube then do a hour swimming at the local pool for aerobic work.
Short home training for 1.5h on Sat + long distance ride with friends on Sun. I love Monday heavy-legs feeling. They keep me thinking it’s still Weekend
Mountain bike in North Wales today. Turbo training with Zwift tomorrow
It’s raining and cold. So two sessions of trainer road. mount field and table rock.
Trainer…bullshit, but trying to do 3 hours.
2 rides on the dreaded trainer!
15 miles pulling my 2 kids in a bike trailer.
Turbo session – following (roughly) outside magazine’s shape of your life plan so about an hour at very low intensity!
Being Autumn now in NZ, off to compete in our local club tri (super-sprint dist) today (Sunday), after a two-hour trainer session yesterday to ‘warm up’.
Was out with my brother on the gravel bike today. Weather was fine, but at the end we suffered from heavy wind that announced a heavy rainshower.
50mile Lake Washington Loop in Seattle!
2h mountainbike tour in the forrest:-)
No riding this weekend. Long run. Several Cycleops Magnus (from clever training) trainer rides next week.
It’s a running weekend. Looking forward to the weather turning so I can think more about getting on the bike.
Red eye flight recovery ride in freezing temps, followed Sunday by a MTB ride at Fountainhead.
I shall have a wet ride out pick up car. Then a 60min session on turbo.
Light spin Saturday and then Epic Events Eden valley sportive Sunday!
Trainer rides for me as well. Getting workouts in around family time
Training indoors because it’s barely above freezing outside.
Short treshhold ride on Saturday. Relaxing spin on Sunday
Recovery Ride on Saturday. On Sunday, a long ride of 50 miles.
I’m going on the road this weekend, the goal is 100 k!
Gonna hit the hills over on the North Yorkshire moors can’t beat it.
Well, I’m going to do a hell of base miles (I’m just starting the preparation period of Joel’s Friel Cyclist Training Bible), about 3 hours.
Greenway ride with hubby and ??.
Nice stuff :)
20 degrees in NJ, so 2 1/2hrs on the trainer. Looking forward to South Florida next week and riding outside.
Oh how much I would love to have this give away
my week cycling plan is done :)
Road ride Saturday morning, MTB Saturday afternoon, hoping rain holds off for riding on Sunday
Rode the track bike to the shops to test out the new Stages I’ve put on there. Sure I’ll find a use for another though.
Went out for a 155 km ride with 2200 m of climbing on saturday. Let’s see what the sunday social ride will be like.
Snow outside = Zwift inside
Did 68 km today with some elevation.
I am on a train g weekend in Ebeltoft Denmark. We will hit the 400k mark tomorrow Sunday. Great training in rainy Denmark
Trainer ride today. Mountain bike ride tomorrow.