Sprint Biking - Feb. 3

I was pumped to return to the indoor bike workout this week. As tough as last week’s ride was on me, I was anxious to test myself again.

Riding with a smaller group, we tackled a Carmichael bike training DVD that had us powering through a sprint workout.

The sprinting was mainly 12-second bursts of speed, pedaling at a cadence of 80-120, with some longer recovery periods in between the sprints. Some of the sprints were at high resistance, while others tested us at lower resistances. The final bout of sprinting involved a ladder of 1-minute high resistance, 20 seconds medium resistance, and 10 seconds low resistance. We did this ladder twice near the end of the workout, and it was brutal.

I enjoyed every minute – well, most of the minutes – of the workout, and may get back to Kyle’s Bikes for another ride on Sunday before the regular Tuesday night ride.
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Workout: 1 hour 1 minute, covering 15.4 miles, at an average of 154 watts.
Reactions: even 12-second sprints can be draining if you are putting forth a real effort; still having difficulty sitting on the seat for extended periods of time – just need to ride more and my butt will remember what to do; didn’t feel like cramping this time, but was on the verge of being sick from exertion near the end; drank 1 bottle of water.