This time last year, I was one who had stopped racing and therefore was lacking the motivation to just ride. I had lost the desire and couldn't find the fun factor in racing so I found new hobbies. Those new hobbies left my competitive side feeling unfulfilled. I got back on the bike with a goal in mind. I was going to attend a 12 hour race in Ohio and then possibly more after that if I enjoyed it. I did enjoy it but I didn't do any other races the rest of the year.
Here we are and once again I am looking to set some goals for the upcoming year. I have spent the last couple of days researching and debating which races I want to attend this year and which ones I do not. I am beginning to narrow down the list but it looks like I will need to do some riding this year in order to accomplish them.
Instead of waiting for Jan 1 to come around like I did last year, I took the opportunity to do a fitness test last night. With it being late (I actually kept Jenn from going to bed until I was done) I popped in the Spinerval Vol 27 Threshold Test / Suffer Fest. The workout started with a couple of hard intervals before doing a 20 minute time trial at your threshold.
My legs felt stronger than I expected them to but my cardio just couldn't keep up. It took no time for my heart rate to go into a zone 5 and it didn't leave it for the 20 minutes. I am encouraged I was able to keep my cadence nearly the same for the entire test without changing gears. Although I wasn't expecting great results from this first test with all the time off of the bike I have had in the last 6 months, I am expecting to learn a lot about my fitness levels as my training progresses. I am going to do this test every 6 weeks throughout the year. Hopefully it begins to become less of a complete suffer fest.
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