A Tale of Two Rides
My first real blog discussed my first ride with the roadies. I was happy with the ride as it seemed I held up quite well. Although I was sick still on Monday, my legs did still feel some fatigue. My run on Monday suffered. I blamed it on not feeling well.
Tonight I finally downloaded my power data into cyclingpeaks. It revealed that although my average power was 163 watts (about an intensity factor of 68), my normalized power was 209 for the ride and that put me at an intensity factor (IF) of 87 percent. Those are significantly different numbers. For me to have a variation that large in my average to normalized watts is unusual for me as it should be in triathlon training.
I guess the good thing is that the ride felt easy while I was doing it. Since I didn’t know my normalized watts and only my average during the ride, it gave me confidence. If some one would have told me my normalized was so high during the ride, I would have been more apprehensive.
Entire workout (163w):
Duration: 2:47:27
Work: 1627 kJ
TSS: 211.3 (intensity factor 0.873)
Norm Power: 209
Distance: 47.291 mi
Min Max Avg
Power: 0 921 163 watts
Heart Rate:128 161 143 bpm
Cadence: 20 124 83 rpm
Crank Torque: 0 1143 209 lb-in