More Intervals, Higher Top Speed Indoor Bike Workout
As predicted the weather was too chilly for me to bike ride outdoors so the Cycleops Fluid Trainer was pressed into service. The Blue Norcross AL bike has been resting in the trainer since it arrived several weeks ago waiting for those days when I don’t go outside. It got up to 58 degrees during the hour and 4 minutes I worked out, below my 60 degree threshold.
With a day off I decided to do intervals again. This time I changed the gearing and number of intervals. Before I did 7 intervals, today it went to 8. Previously the top gear was 36 x 14 but today I changed to 46 x 15. This increased the top speed to 25 mph when I did 103 RPM or more. I recovered for the rest of the mile I started the interval on. Thanks to the Pandora Electro Cardio Workout music it wasn’t too boring and gasping for air after hitting 25+ mph took my mind away from the effort. The workout summary below shows the interval peaks. Interesting max watts number.
I think Strava has started keeping track of my indoor workouts and not adding the mileage to the bike I use.
Probably I will be indoors again on Saturday with rain likely most of the day.