Anyone looking to ride tomorrow?

BretSigler said:

Anyone looking to ride tomorrow?

I’m down, also prefer meeting earlier than 9am at GWB (if your thinking heading up that way).

I watched the stage and went to Cunningham 
so much overgrowth , but fun and sweaty 

I’m riding leaving BB at 7am 
not looking to go crazy long , need to be back by 1ish

Have a few balls in the air, but will try to meet you at 7. 

same will try to join 

I’ll be up at GWB just before 8 then, hopefully catch you there 

Nice group for the early starters 
Eloy,Kevin,Brett,Niall ,Jeff, Patrick  and myself did the low road to Bradly tweed and coffee and Bunbury’s 
took on so much water , really felt the heat out there today 

today was easy fun!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjzopGOn1Xs

I'll be at the bridge at 9 for about two hours of riding.

Anyone interested in going some fast PP laps Saturday early morning? I have a 40mi “fast and furious” ride scheduled. Not quite long enough to make going to NJ worth the headache thru the city, and think I’ll be pushing for faster than the prospective member ride. I know there’s a race coming together now, too. 

BlakeFoster said:

Anyone interested in going some fast PP laps Saturday early morning? I have a 40mi “fast and furious” ride scheduled. Not quite long enough to make going to NJ worth the headache thru the city, and think I’ll be pushing for faster than the prospective member ride. I know there’s a race coming together now, too. 

Just throwing it out there in case anyone is interested and it plays well with your schedule. 

There's a race in Central Park Saturday morning.  that's a pretty big group ride for fast and furious riding.

If you can spare the $50 and sleep racing will be a good fast and furious training ride.

if you can wait for Sunday I would love to do an early bird special and kill my legs.

David Yang said:

If you can spare the $50 and sleep racing will be a good fast and furious training ride.

if you can wait for Sunday I would love to do an early bird special and kill my legs.

The Cat 5 is down as a "Men's Beginner Race Clinic (Cat 5/Novice)". Do you know what the 'clinic' means?

I am opting for the race on Saturday  

@David Yang I still have a 3.5h tempo ride to do on Sunday, it has some structure to it, but I'm also game to do that early if you want to do it with me. This is the format: 
WU:
10-15 minutes warm up, progressing to Level 2
TARGET: PW Z2/HR Z2/PE 4-5
CADENCE: Self selected with 3 x 1-minute fast pedals to wake up legs
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MS1:
7 x 90rpm Wind Up Intervals
Start with one foot on the ground in a 53 x 16 (ish) gear. Practice clipping in and building up to 90+ RPM, resting 3-4 minutes between. Once 8 intervals are complete, ride for 10 minutes of easy spinning and then go on to MS2.
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MS2: Tempo Intervals
2 x 40-minute intervals with 8 minutes rest between intervals
TARGET: 88% of FTP or Threshold HR
CADENCE: should be one gear harder than you typically pedal, with a target cadence of 75-85
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Ride all remaining time in your Endurance zone.
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CD:
Cool down 5-15 minutes
TARGET: PW Z1/HR Z1/PE 2-3
Cadence: small chain ring

You need to talk to your coach and include some " fun with friends" in your life

Mark Taylor said:

You need to talk to your coach and include some " fun with friends" in your life

hey i am making serious progress towards my goals but not there yet, so my "friends" can cheer from the sideline or come with me until i get there some of us actually have to WORK at this sport unlike you martians

BlakeFoster said:

@David Yang I still have a 3.5h tempo ride to do on Sunday, it has some structure to it, but I'm also game to do that early if you want to do it with me. This is the format: 

That first part sounds like a perfect thing to do at lights in the city.

For MS2: River road -> Base -> Ranger Station is about 40 minutes, 9W -> Bradley Tweed would be another 40 minutes. You'll just motor at the front, Mark & I will have 'fun with friends' (i.e. sit behind you and yell when you hit 87% FTP instead of 88%) ;-) 

@LennartZandbergen sounds like you are using the metric system (Lennart’s pace) for distance/time conversion vs the imperial (Blake pace). 

FWIW doing longer intervals at the front of the weekend pace line makes them feel easier.

KevinWomack said:

David Yang said:

If you can spare the $50 and sleep racing will be a good fast and furious training ride.

if you can wait for Sunday I would love to do an early bird special and kill my legs.

The Cat 5 is down as a "Men's Beginner Race Clinic (Cat 5/Novice)". Do you know what the 'clinic' means?

My understanding is that it is more of a structured mock race, with higher category CRCA riders leading it to give instructions work with the novice/first time racers.

Blake and wheelsuckers, you all down with Sunday early morning 8am GWB?

@David Yang 50% chance I'll join Sunday. I just wrapped on a year-long project, and to my surprise, I've been enjoying riding a bike again, for more than 30 minutes

Yes I am down for Sunday; how about Lennarts plan out to Nyack and back? I'm 50/50 about Bradley Tweed, but I think 40m tempo on River Road then to Nyack should about get it there, then 40m back to GWB would suffice for my efforts. In an ideal world it'd be short water stops only vs a longer cafe stop. got to keep the engine warm... 

I'm probably in for Sunday

BlakeFoster said:

Yes I am down for Sunday; how about Lennarts plan out to Nyack and back? I'm 50/50 about Bradley Tweed, but I think 40m tempo on River Road then to Nyack should about get it there, then 40m back to GWB would suffice for my efforts. In an ideal world it'd be short water stops only vs a longer cafe stop. got to keep the engine warm... 

Whatever works for you! We’ll make it up as we go along 

Brian Miele said:

@David Yang 50% chance I'll join Sunday. I just wrapped on a year-long project, and to my surprise, I've been enjoying riding a bike again, for more than 30 minutes

Awwwww yisss, Brian in the house!

8am GWB, see you there