Poorman's Powercrank intervals tonight were Periously Puketastic

aka one legged pedaling drills.

but not just on any bike, on the bike towing a trailer.

Three sets. Ten full power strokes. with each leg, alternate. No idea how many but i did the same number on each side. So there's that. at least. And I did it three times to failure on the ride home.

It is interesting to focus on the quad making power vs the whole leg smooth thing. And odd but not surprising recognition that I favor making smooth power all the way around to pure stompy quad power on the downstroke.

But then when I do focus on pure stompy downstroke quad power i surprise myself. Yes I know. I'm a terrilbly athlete.... and even worse as a competitive cyclist.  But I'm me.

Can't be more than Me. Like me no like me, I can't worry about that, never really have (lies) but I am me. Getting slowly more comfortable. Which is good after all these years.

I feel good. I put running shoes in the trailer on the way in. I was waffling, trying to find places i could do a running workout on the way in. Nothing long or steep enough.... Was going to bail. But then I didn't. I laced up my NB and went out and did some hills. But because I suck at counting w/o physical stress I absolutely fail in interval situations. But hey. I know this.

So.

Before I start the first interval I find 9 rocks. I put three rocks on three bricks. One for each interval. 3x3. Do three then rest a minute, then three...  finished.

A couple years ago we (me and some kid that got me to pedal faster than I thought I could) did these three with a slow med all out pacing. Today I said fuck it...  focus on form, muscle activation and consistency (in other words doing them all slow).

Did one. Came back and removed a rock. Did a second and forgot if i was removing the rocks from the line up as I started or as I finished.

So after doing the second one I removed the second rock and did a third. Only to come back and start the fourth by removing the third rock.

I'm so [not] smart. Who can fuck up doing intervals with physical counters and get it wrong? Me. At least I got it wrong in the way that hurt me more. #9 (even if i thought it was #8) was so painful. But then There were to bro dudes walking down the hill, skeptical 'bro' dudes wearing salmon shorts but not like me wearing salmon shorts aka fucking skin tight and stuff, they were all baggy, like they skipped leg day every day, #typical, but those two 'bros' were enough to get me to focus on form and leg speed and totally make it completely impossible to walk up the stairs after I finished the final interval. So F'those guys. It really hurt making it the rest of the way up Meeting street today. Walking. Ouch.

But despite totally being ready to not do it, I did it. We'll see if DOMS sets in. I'm wagering based on how today felt, probably not. I think the extra core [aka working for my brother] has made a difference.

But that makes a late morning workout that almost made me puke, and an evening ride home that almost made me puke a double workout day.

Did I just make my annual new drivetrain parts order today? Yes. Did I just take advantage of the USAC 2 year license? yup did that too. Spending all the money [i don't have]. But hey think of the discount and the savings!!! Oh... wait....

So yeah. to Save money you have to spend money. SO if you don't ever spend money are you saving money?

AKA me, the guy riding dumpster wheels. Seriously. No Joke. But hopefully soon I'll have a new chain and two functioning bikes. And maybe a SSCX bike.

But as we all know. You can have the most super fly girl equipment and not beable to pedal out of a yurt with laser pointer guidance. I'll make do with what I have and it will be enough.

So tomorrow, on the ride to the dept retreat, I'm gonna drag the trailer because, fuck that noise it is going to be hot and I don't want to wear the backpack and i need the extra KJs draggin the load.

Also... fwiw The November bike guys have been impressing me with the marketing tact they are taking. Intelligent, informative, no bullshit no fluf, just straight up legit testing, reporting, and selling stuff they absolutely believe in. Kind of cool I think. Totally and completely like our tall freak friend running SCVelo and his wheel packages. Specific, tailored and based on years of wheel building experience. I only have enough experience to recognize that these two are absolutely crushing it demonstratably. Plenty of other good people doing good shit out there But ask me and you'll know why my unbiased, uninfluenced response will be. Also don't get me started about how smug I am about Zipp finally ditching the moronicly dumb and absolutely insane radial drive side hubs.

Different topic. Different day.

Now sleep or something. AKA no more screen time. Unwind time.

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