DopeyBadger
Imagathoner
- Joined
- Oct 15, 2015
I think I figured it out. The power meter wants my weight + the bike weight, not just my weight. Thus it was over estimating my watt output. Now to figure out how much my bike weighs...
It was long run day. I had been dreading it because it was supposed to rain all morning. At 9 am I bucked up and said I just have to do it. Thankfully it was 50 outside and rain. I started at the hardest part of the rain. The first 45 minutes it rained and then finally got lighter or I was so wet and cold at that point I did not care. I had purchased a pair of my current running shoes but in a goretex version. I had done some walking in them but not really breaking them in. I had no choice I was going to wear them. They did great. I did notice my toe bothering the last 2 miles so I might have a blister but the shoes did not make me give up. The first two miles were bad small sidewalks, lots of puddles. I missed my paces because I was stopping to get over some puddles without drenching my whole foot. Then I hit the Beltline, no cars and wide sidewalks so much easier to dodge puddles. I decided at that point the best thing to do was loop it. I did 2.5 loops and headed home. Not my ideal but better then getting soaked from cars and puddles. After the first two miles I hit all my paces.
The hot shower was fabulous. My back/right leg is a little sore. Need to hit the foam roller but my knee feels ok.
Glad you are enjoying the bike. I can’t wait to get outside on mine but even here in Atlanta it is not great bike weather yet. I had to bust out the cold weather stuff last week and will need it this week too, lows in the low 30s.
Sounds like a good run! Made the best of a rainy day.
I'm not going to pretend to understand any of this bike stuff, but I'm glad it went well.
Also, I've had a lot of issues with Lightning-HDMI cables. It may just be that the cables I was using were crappy, but ... it also might not be a bad idea to have a backup way of getting things onto the TV (whether that's a chromecast or an apple tv or anything else like that).
Functional Threshold Power (FTP) Test
Now here's the thing. My plan is to only indoor bike. I'll use the same setup, same bike, same trainer, etc. So what I need is the setup to be precise (consistent), but it doesn't have to be accurate. My real FTP could be 200 or 400, but as long as I stick with the same setup then I can stick to the values it gives me. It just requires a consistent output from the setup. Which means I'll be training at the correct effort level (% higher or lower than FTP) appropriately regardless of the accurate value.
This is key. Zwift's zPower estimation is just that, an estimation. As long as you don't change your setup, it doesn't matter what estimation it gives you as long as it's consistent.
I hope you get the all-clear to resume running tomorrow!
To my "just starting to learn this" eye, the plan looks good. Looks like you're doing a good job slowly increasing the mileage and the % hard training. Good luck - I hope all goes well with the reintroduction of running!
Also ... is it weird that I'm already thinking about what I'm going to write in my post-plan testimonial? Assuming things don't go terribly next week, it's probably going to be a mix of my usual sarcasm and praise for the plan.
The return plan looks great - I'm excited for you!
I hope you get some good news today!
Fingers crossed for good news today!!
Crossing my fingers and sending good vibes for great news for you today!!
As a note, it's a good thing you are taking up biking! I heard on NPR this morning that cyclists, even casual ones, age better.