6 weeks down, 2 to go

After 6 weeks of the “Time Crunched Cyclist” the one thing that strikes me is how hard the workouts are. Not just that the specific intensity is high, but in nearly every workout when I start my last interval I have no idea if I'll be able to finish it.  Nine times out of Ten I do finish, if just barely.  You see, the goal of these particular intervals is to go at “max intensity” and the only guidance given in the book is 101%+ of your CTS Test and that some athletes go 110 to 130%. After a little trial and err I found out I can go 105-107% of my CTS Test, any higher and I can't finish.  Once you've figured what your achievable goal numbers are, the program is fairly straight forward. I do keep finding myself wanting to increase my goal wattage numbers, but each workout has increased difficulty built into it and it's everything I can do to finish the last interval at my goal wattage.

So for now I’ll keep plodding along, doing the workouts and looking forward to when I can retake the tests and see how the program has worked for me.

Until then,

Train Hard and Smart,

Pat