I was initially signed up for a flat course at TCS this morning which was an hour ride. I was doing this for a second power test, an hour long power test, to be able to ride based on power and not heart rate.
Last night, after reviewing the warm up and cool down, I realized I needed a 90 minute time slot. Since virtually every early morning I've gone to TCS I'm alone on the ride, I thought nothing of changing it to the interval training ride that started 30 minutes earlier at 6am. In the unlikely case it wasn't possible to change it to a longer flat course, I thought I could do the FTP test in erg mode. I was sadly mistaken.
As if that weren't enough, the ONE other gal riding was running late, so it was impossible to ask her if she'd mind a flat course instead. Shaun, the guy running the system/ride, said he couldn't change it to a flat course because he received a text from her saying she'd arrive around 6:15am. So I got on and warmed up, hoping that by the time my 10 minute warm up was over, she'd be at the studio. Unfortunately, 6:15 came and went so I started my threshold ride in erg mode... when 6:15am came around, I asked Shaun if he could please change the ride and he said no. My blood was boiling by this point! Eventually at 6:35am, he acquiesced and said that we could switch it over to an hour, flat power ride. Unfortunately, by starting at that point, I had already been riding in erg mode for 20+ minutes and I had a morning meeting that I had to make so I truly couldn't stay on long enough when I factored in my shower, hair, parking, etc. (I have a lot of hair to dry!!). So, I wrote hard for another while, while incredibly angry, and after the lady showed up at 6:40am. Ugh!
The whole thing was wasted, especially since it's a cut back week and I was well rested. Super annoying.
The worst of it is that the only time I get an endurance athlete "high" is biking and this was truly the first time on the bike that I was so incredibly angry and frustrated (common on the treadmill!!) and got to work in the absolute worst mood.
Exercising is supposed to release stress and tension, but this morning (and most of my runs) cause it and that isn't a good thing.
Last night, after reviewing the warm up and cool down, I realized I needed a 90 minute time slot. Since virtually every early morning I've gone to TCS I'm alone on the ride, I thought nothing of changing it to the interval training ride that started 30 minutes earlier at 6am. In the unlikely case it wasn't possible to change it to a longer flat course, I thought I could do the FTP test in erg mode. I was sadly mistaken.
As if that weren't enough, the ONE other gal riding was running late, so it was impossible to ask her if she'd mind a flat course instead. Shaun, the guy running the system/ride, said he couldn't change it to a flat course because he received a text from her saying she'd arrive around 6:15am. So I got on and warmed up, hoping that by the time my 10 minute warm up was over, she'd be at the studio. Unfortunately, 6:15 came and went so I started my threshold ride in erg mode... when 6:15am came around, I asked Shaun if he could please change the ride and he said no. My blood was boiling by this point! Eventually at 6:35am, he acquiesced and said that we could switch it over to an hour, flat power ride. Unfortunately, by starting at that point, I had already been riding in erg mode for 20+ minutes and I had a morning meeting that I had to make so I truly couldn't stay on long enough when I factored in my shower, hair, parking, etc. (I have a lot of hair to dry!!). So, I wrote hard for another while, while incredibly angry, and after the lady showed up at 6:40am. Ugh!
The whole thing was wasted, especially since it's a cut back week and I was well rested. Super annoying.
The worst of it is that the only time I get an endurance athlete "high" is biking and this was truly the first time on the bike that I was so incredibly angry and frustrated (common on the treadmill!!) and got to work in the absolute worst mood.
Exercising is supposed to release stress and tension, but this morning (and most of my runs) cause it and that isn't a good thing.
