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I’m having the same with sweet spot sessions, my heart rate was 130
Max after 4x7 mins sweet spot. I think my ramp was a bit under par after 4 weeks of limited riding and covid, plus i guess the plan starts easy and builds, and adjusts with the ai ftp after ten sessions.
Are you doing any outdoor sessions? I’m finding them tricky, the outdoor sessions are more complex than the indoor so really hard to follow and hit the right power

Cam Mason medal is great effort!

Looks fantastic!

Can anyone recommend a waterproof or close to jacket for sweaty runners?
Not to carry in races so doesn’t need to be fully taped etc, I’m more interested in staying mostly dry but being not too hot.

I’ll take the brake levers if you can post?

I set my plan based on 2x 1hour turbo rides and 1x 2 hour outdoor ride but actually I have more than 2 hours for outdoors and slightly less than 1 hour ideally indoors. Am I being thick, how do I change this without starting a new plan?

70.3 but 5 hours was just an example! I probably would do a couple for over distance and also for doing total event time in one go, but not many!

I think I know the answer to this, regarding training plans for a set event- most are 20 weeks or similar and prior to that suggest just doing base fitness eg 2 hour rides, shorter runs, then ramping up through 20 weeks with easier weeks etc.
If I have more than 20 weeks and I’ve had a good rest, taken a couple of weeks off riding and rubbing alternately, and I have time now, is there any reason against starting training build up now? Assuming I’ll lose the odd week where I can’t do as much for holidays, etc I can’t see a downside to being fitter earlier and having time to do say 2 rides of 5 hours rather than just 1.

Wow that paint! Hand painted by brush?
Great inspiration for a shoe painting plan I was just musing about for my tri shoes, thanks! If you want some matchy shoes give me a shout.

Bloody hell, that’s not being old, everyone should be excited about riding that. Very nice

I’m 6foot4 and a bit. My Planet X London road gravel fits with plenty of room to spare.
Might sell it if you’re interested in second hand?

So relatively a bigger difference, but harder to lose than if I lost 6kg from 92kg. I feel like 5-6kg is a realistic target for me though as if I have little discipline and never managed weight loss before unless I was sick!

Great thanks. It says you do get them but who knows!

Cool, I’m not fully set on angled bars yet, every time I’ve tried it they’ve made my shoulders and lats very stiff but I think that was with pads too low so I may try again if I get the basic level set up comfy.

Gotcha.
Bring a weak person I’ve ordered pdq bars with all the adapters so that should then fix my outstanding fit issues

I’ll play with cleat position when I settle on pedals to use. These are Mtb shoes and pedals just to get me started on it, but I plan to use look or shimano.

One of what?

Thanks to @Colm89 for the tip on myvelofit, I spent a very wet morning inside playing with my tt position then road bike.
On the tt bike which I haven’t actually ridden yet besides a 20 mins roller spin the seat ended up going up 3cm and back 1cm. Bars came up as far as they can for now but are still in the low and short range so I may need a slightly longer stem and more pad raisers.
That should then resolve the hip, back and shoulder angle issues. I’m tempted by the pdq bars which seems to come with a lot of adapters.
Big fan of myvelofit, very easy to use even for a Luddite.
Might still need some fine tuning on cleat set up but I’ll go to someone in person for that if needed once I settle on pedal choice

I guess there’s a curve to this too where the heavier you are already (ie me) the less impact 5kg has, and the faster you’re running the less time it saves? Probably working in % of weight and time makes more sense.
@Ifonlyiwerebelgian how much faster were you planning on running?!

I can’t get that calculator to do anything on my phone but if doubleodavey is even close to right that’d make a huge difference! My best runs were when I’d been really sick for 3 weeks and went down 5kg then slowly built volume back up, and I’m now heavier than I was before that illness so losing 5kg shouldn’t be impossible. Somehow I’ve never quite managed it but this could be the off season to do it!

Dan Martin rode for quick step?! I have zero recollection of that

Yes very much this! I was wondering the other day how much difference it would make if I lost say 5kg in a controlled manner. I reckon my knees would be chuffed if nothing else

Covid got me finally so I’m watching the Netflix tour episodes I hadn’t seen yet. I already loved Pinot and now I feel like I didn’t love him enough whilst he was riding. The Vosges looks fantastic for riding

I tied an old high vis vest to the back which flapped about, plus a light on my rack below the seat, a reflector built into the seat back and a bit of extra reflective tape in strips down the seat. Realistically I didn’t ride much in the dark with the kid though, but sometimes I left the seat on and rode to the shop or work in the dark so it was daft not to light it up

I’m sure you’ve heard but everyone goes too hard on the first run, so you’ll soon be passing people on the bike