Fitness Test...Multiple Choice Test, What's the Difference?
No updates for such a long time...why? Well most of the riding I do is to work. For 36 days in a row it was below freezing when the sun came up. Now if it is 30 degrees, no real problem, but you'd have been hard pressed to find a 30 degree day since mid-January. I'm not really one to train on a trainer. I ride for fun. I have a job, and riding my bike ain't it. If it ain't fun, I ain't doin' it. Riding in 20 degrees with a wind chill to boot plus whatever speed you're riding, forget that. I know, %#$& attitude, but that is where I'm at, no point in pretending things are otherwise.That said my diet has been pretty good, and I have gotten in rides here and there, and I run rather than walk a lot of places, so I don't feel too sluggish. But when I went to do a Vo2 max test yesterday my thought that I shared with Coach Adam (Coon) was that I felt like I was about to take a test for which I had not studied. His characteristic tongue-in-cheek reply was that he had heard that A or B was usually a good choice (like on a multiple choice test). Really lightened me up to hear that!
Anyway I did the test and my power was way off, like 40 watts. But my max heart rate was up by like 8 beats, from around 195 to 203! So that is pretty much what you would expect I guess. I have low power from not riding, but can really jack up my hr because I'm well rested (although I plan on taking a nap today :)). So I'm sure many people will be shocked to hear that I don't plan on racing until the Carl Dolan race at Columbia, MD. NO I WILL NOT BE RACING TO WIN JEFFERSON CUP (Hilly race) SHOCKER!
Happy trails,
Mark
posted by Mark @ 5:34 AM
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