Category Archives: Cycling

and yes, I’m also biking…fast…and long

Posted on August 21, 2011 by Dad

A lot of recent focus on kicking my swimming up a notch…and yes, I’m also biking and running 🙂 Yesterday’s bike ride is a good example of my long ride with HIT (High Intensity Training) for almost half of it…typically every Saturday…I … Continue reading →

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Can you change your flat bike tire in under 2 minutes?

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Dad

Apparently you should be able to…when I had a flat tire yesterday, it occurred to me that I should be practising changing that tire to be a lot faster than the 10 minutes or so that it took me…I use clincher tires…the ones … Continue reading →

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Rubber side down…

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Dad

I remembered this video on my long bike ride on Saturday when a driver in an SUV stopped at a stop sign, then suddenly pulled out right in front of me just as I was about to go by…luckily I had my … Continue reading →

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Cycling in the heat…go inside and pull out the trainer

Posted on July 31, 2011 by Dad

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the challenge of maintaining running pace and doing High Intensity Training (HIT) in the heat, with Heart Rate and RPE (Rate of Perceived Exertion) running higher than normal because of the body’s … Continue reading →

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Exercise calories burned…watch those bike calories

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Dad

One of the challenges in counting calories is that the numbers just really aren’t very accurate…particularly exercise calories, since there are a lot of variables that come into play. …for example swimming…since I’m not a particularly elegant swimmer, the number of calories … Continue reading →

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New CP90 at 251W…last record…last week…237W

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Dad

With my shrunken, time compressed schedule over last week and this, I’ve reverted to shortening the bike workouts and moving up the Intensity. Last week when the New York trip jumped into the schedule, I did a 2 hour ride, … Continue reading →

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Training schedule shredded with travel

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Dad

A last-minute impromptu trip to New York this past weekend…American Airlines and their last-minute non-stop fare sale of $69.00…dang…just daring me not to …so with the flight reservation window open on the computer, waiting for the final ‘Submit’, I checked Hotwire and then Priceline, and…dang…hooked … Continue reading →

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Bike Functional Threshold Power (FTP) test result: 270 Watts

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Dad

Well, the steady improvement continues as my FTP test on the bike today indicates a new 270 Watt FTP Personal Record (PR) …alright…YEAH! …okay…enough of that…another move upward from the last 2: April 4, 263W,  (1 month ago) Janury 3, 249W (4 months ago) … Continue reading →

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Great early season results!

Posted on May 1, 2011 by Dad

Congratulations to all our friends that were racing this weekend…some excellent results out there! Iron Anne Boone was once again first and only in her Try Charleston Half Ironman 65-69 Age category, racing faster than her time goal, and almost 15 minutes … Continue reading →

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How I determine training intensity during a workout

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Dad

Ok…we talked about training zones and intensity…so the general idea is that the amount of effort gets a ‘label’…I’m including the chart again here so that you can click on it to get a bigger version…I’ve also included links throughout … Continue reading →

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Bike Functional Threshold Power (FTP) test result: 263 Watts

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Dad

Almost looks like I know what I’m doing 🙂 Test on the bike went very well today…new FTP number is 263 Watts…up from 249 Watts 3 months ago: https://irondaughterirondad.com/bike-functional-threshold-power-ftp-test-result-249-watts/  …and spot on my prediction/goal of 260-265W from yesterday …so cool! What it all … Continue reading →

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Re-testing bike and run: my advance predictions

Posted on April 3, 2011 by Dad

Bike and run re-test are scheduled for this week coming up…if I can get them in around my other ‘stuff’ this week So here’s where I think that I’m at. BIKE: Last test: 249 watts FTP: January 3, 2011 https://irondaughterirondad.com/bike-functional-threshold-power-ftp-test-result-249-watts/ … Continue reading →

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Age group athletes vs. Mother Nature et al

Posted on April 2, 2011 by Dad

On January 4, 2011, I wrote about my bike test and result of 249 Watts FTP https://irondaughterirondad.com/bike-functional-threshold-power-ftp-test-result-249-watts/ and on January 7, my run test result of 37 vDOT https://irondaughterirondad.com/5k-run-test-nailed-37-vdot/ So it’s coming up to that time to re-test, to see … Continue reading →

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Professional bike fit today…always a great idea

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Dad

Taking my own advice…a few fitting links there as well to give you some ideas: https://irondaughterirondad.com/biking/bike-fit/ I updated my bike fit today with a ‘Retul’ bike fit with Bruce Guild in Mooresville, NC http://www.studiovelonc.com/ I decided to go to Bruce … Continue reading →

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First outside bike ride in 2 months!

Posted on January 29, 2011 by Dad

Ah, good to be back on the bike outside, on a rare 60F winter day…beautiful! Decided that my mountain bike was the perfect vehicle for an outdoor spin in over 2 months…pumped up the tires, lubed the chain, and out the door for … Continue reading →

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