Bike TT V
(Yesterday/Tuesday) The final RunFar TT of the season.
I'd kinda hoped to run into Aussie Geoff at the muster, but didn't see him. Did run into gmatom and we chatted for a few minutes while I got self and bike ready. Glenda headed to the Veloway to warm-up, I headed to the Autobahn. Half way around my warm-up lap/loop I decided to just do two lap/loops: A building-to-strong warm-up and a harder, really hard, TT lap/loop such that I don't need to leave anything in reserve for a third strong-coming-down-to-easy lap/loop. Partly I was tired of going in loops, partly I'm tapering, partly it was a little dusk-ish and drivers are idiots.
So, two laps/loops as:
21:35 mins, 8.03 miles, 22.3 mph, 128 bpm HR, 92 rpm cadence, 553 calories.
20:44 mins, 8.03 miles, 23.2 mph, 142 bpm HR, 94 rpm cadence, 544 calories. (TT vital statistics underlined)
[the above from my geek-o-meter, from RunFar official results: 20:42 mins, 23.2 mph, 9th of 11 Male 40-44, 38th of 61 overall.]
Yes, it was a PR for a Run Far TT.
My overriding impression was that my perceived effort was sky-high compared to all but maybe the first floundering/thrashing TT, my heart-rate was 3-5 beats per minute higher, maxed out quite considerably higher (all, I suppose, verifying a higher perceived effort), was definitely not sustainable for a longer period, all for a 5 second gain over 8 miles! wtf? A reinforcing learning moment that restrained-strong trumps flat out?
Yes, it was a PR for a Run Far TT. But for the perceived effort I was surprised/disappointed(*) it wasn't closer to my fixated-upon arbitrary number threshold of 20 minutes. *sigh* next season ... (* disappointed in an abstractly intellectual manner, not a go-home-and-kick-the-cats-and-beat-The-Wife manner)
geek-o-meter stats:
50:42 mins, 17.52 miles, 20.7 mph, 129 bpm HR, 1180 calories.
Oh, and earlier in the morning I swam at Barton Springs pool. To meet and greet with patriathlete and to share drafting duties with itrithere4iam . It's amazing seeing him 36 days out from his first Ironman, gliding through the water, me trying to keep up ...
I'd kinda hoped to run into Aussie Geoff at the muster, but didn't see him. Did run into gmatom and we chatted for a few minutes while I got self and bike ready. Glenda headed to the Veloway to warm-up, I headed to the Autobahn. Half way around my warm-up lap/loop I decided to just do two lap/loops: A building-to-strong warm-up and a harder, really hard, TT lap/loop such that I don't need to leave anything in reserve for a third strong-coming-down-to-easy lap/loop. Partly I was tired of going in loops, partly I'm tapering, partly it was a little dusk-ish and drivers are idiots.
So, two laps/loops as:
21:35 mins, 8.03 miles, 22.3 mph, 128 bpm HR, 92 rpm cadence, 553 calories.
20:44 mins, 8.03 miles, 23.2 mph, 142 bpm HR, 94 rpm cadence, 544 calories. (TT vital statistics underlined)
[the above from my geek-o-meter, from RunFar official results: 20:42 mins, 23.2 mph, 9th of 11 Male 40-44, 38th of 61 overall.]
Yes, it was a PR for a Run Far TT.
My overriding impression was that my perceived effort was sky-high compared to all but maybe the first floundering/thrashing TT, my heart-rate was 3-5 beats per minute higher, maxed out quite considerably higher (all, I suppose, verifying a higher perceived effort), was definitely not sustainable for a longer period, all for a 5 second gain over 8 miles! wtf? A reinforcing learning moment that restrained-strong trumps flat out?
Yes, it was a PR for a Run Far TT. But for the perceived effort I was surprised/disappointed(*) it wasn't closer to my fixated-upon arbitrary number threshold of 20 minutes. *sigh* next season ... (* disappointed in an abstractly intellectual manner, not a go-home-and-kick-the-cats-and-beat-The-Wife manner)
geek-o-meter stats:
50:42 mins, 17.52 miles, 20.7 mph, 129 bpm HR, 1180 calories.
Oh, and earlier in the morning I swam at Barton Springs pool. To meet and greet with patriathlete and to share drafting duties with itrithere4iam . It's amazing seeing him 36 days out from his first Ironman, gliding through the water, me trying to keep up ...