Some would say that two hours on the power crank trainer is crazy. I have to agree.

Today’s workout was hard, very hard. Perhaps the fact that I was up til 2:00 am and only got 6 hours of sleep had something to do with it. At least, that is what I’m going to blame.

As soon as I started the workout, I knew I was in trouble. After the warm up, the workout called for two hours of riding, starting with 30 minutes at 65% and increasing my effort by 5% every 30 minutes. Today, I found that working at 65% was hard when it should have been easy. 80% was sheer torture. At the end of the main set, I was done, very done, stick a fork in me done, “He’s dead, Jim” done.

For the record, the first 30 minute interval called 159 watts and I did 163 watts. The second interval call for 171 watts, I did 180 watts. The third interval called for 183 watts and I did 186. The final interval called for 195 watts and I did 191. I was on track on the last interval, but I could not hold the effort and slowed in the last ten minutes.

I am very happy that tomorrow is a rest day.