Archive for March, 2007

Weaving exercises

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007

After a light spin (only 45 minutes in Zone 1-2!), I finished up my workout, took a shower, and went back to my weaving. I experimented with a couple twills - some with sections of plainweave, some skipping every other treadle, as Bonnie suggested in her book. It was fun to play with [...]

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Sub-lactate long intervals did NOT go well

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007

Last night I was supposed to do sub-lactate long intervals, 10 minutes in Zone 4 with gradually increasing intensity.  I could barely get into Zone 4 at all and could not sustain it for more than five minutes (and that with difficulty).  This makes no sense to me considering i managed to ride a good [...]

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Recovery week

Tuesday, March 27th, 2007

Well, I just finished out my recovery week, and am feeling much better.  I also (finally!) remembered to wear my heart rate monitor on Saturday and discovered to my chagrin that I’ve been riding much too fast up Page Mill Road - zone 3-4 rather than zone 2-3.  No wonder I’ve been getting tired.  I [...]

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