I did my 6K piece this morning - don't think I beat my old PR, but close. I did
get it in under 29 minutes, which is what I was aiming for. But do you know what
this means? I am DONE .... done the 1K, done the 6K, done the max watts pull, done
the dreaded 90 minute piece, even done the max heart rate test that wasn't really
a part of all this sequence but I did it anyway to get it out of the way. Done.
Donedonedonedonedone. At least until next time, which won't be soon. And yeah,
maybe a little tired and punchy still.
Oh, sure, now you want
results? I haven't seen all the numbers yet because the Rudder-man has the article
this all came from at work, but he checked and tells me that it shows I need to
work on my Aerobic Threshold -- that is, I'm weakest on long endurance pieces, the
longer the weaker. Big surprise. And yes it is quite a lot of effort to find what
I already knew, but it's nice to have real data. It's also reassuring to see my 1K
piece (used to find VO2max) is right where it should be given my
strength.
I've had a hard time writing here lately, Even though most
of the big training push is done, work has been frenetic and I think I'm using up
all my creativity on that. I don't plan to take a hiatus, though, any more than I
intend to quit working out just because I'm tired right now. I think my creativity
needs to be exercised, too.