Due to scheduled plans I wasn't able to attend the first 2 days of indoor cycling class. That's just the way life goes sometimes.
I was determined to go on the third day. I don't want to miss a whole week. Even with a nagging cough and lingering migraine, I was still hell bent on going. I took what I could to deal with the migraine and just hoped that coughing wouldn't be an issue.
The class was doing more over-under intervals. As this is the third class of the week, the duration is an hour and a half. After warming up and getting up to speed, we did 130% FTP 1 min, easy spin 1 min, repeat 10 times. Then second set was similar, only we did 150% FTP. The last set was also similar but the lowest amount of effort, 120% of FTP.
The bad part was I felt my smart phone at home. Since my smart phone is the brains of my sensors, I basically lost any sort of read out. No speed, cadence, heart rate, etc.. So I had to guess what my FTP was.
The good part was everything else turned out great. I did still cough a bit, but almost always when I was easy spinning. The head pain had dissipated when we had arrived. During a particularly hard effort when my legs were burning and my lungs were on fire, I found myself smiling, really enjoying the intensity and burn. What can I say, it's addictive!
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