Summit Crushage (Crush or Be Crushed)
Yesterday was some tempo work on the FG (my HR monitor decided it needed new battery, so it was 50 min of RPE). Today, Summit hill repeats.
30 min warm up out to Newton Center and over to Summit Ave. On the way out I saw L-Train on the Karate Monkey doing some Reservoir tempo loops. Seeing L-Train is like seeing a turkey walk across Beacon St – it is a sign of only good things to come (I think I may have misinterpreted this sign)
Two sets of five repeats. Starting from the island, up to the penultimate hydrant (the one with the yellow thingy sticking off it, after Jordan Rd and before it gets flat near the park and the last hydrant). Winchester recovery between sets. Here were my runs:
2:07, ? (missed the lap button), 2:20, 2:21, 2:20
6:50 full recovery on Winchester
2:22, 2:27, 2:34, 2:44 (Danger! Danger!), 2:31
As you can see, my performance degraded on the second set. This was about the time I started seeing dots and lost most of my motor skills. Surprisingly, my average HR was lower for the second set repeats. All repeats brought me into high 5b and tickled 5c. I think the last two were just survival. I experimented (to keep it interesting) with being seated, standing, spinning (I was running the rear Zipp, which I believe only has a 25, so my 39×27 was not available today) pushing and doing that magic gear thing. Without a power meter, standing is kind of cheating. I find it that it is easier to relax (and thus go slower) while standing. This is also why I stopped before the top. I’ve found that riding the flat section results in either: starting your recovery too soon or big gearing it to make some magic time. I was trying to focus on keeping things steady. Maybe for the first 7 this was true.
Yeah, that hurt.
On my warm down I rode by the Eagle Deli and dreamed of bacon, egg and cheese sandwiches. I got home and pretended my whey protein and Shakley shake tasted like bacon.
March 25th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
BT WO’s all around; sounds like you nailed it, Mover!
March 25th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
I need to show you guys some pictures of me when I used to live near Eagle’s deli.