Workouts

Short posts tracking my daily walks around Lake Harriet, casual evening strolls and Peloton sessions, complete with mileage, pace and occasional dog‑walking anecdotes. It’s a simple log that keeps me accountable.

May 27, 2020 ∞

I hit a new 30-min PR doing Jess King’s House Ride tonight. I pushed hard, the music was great. #FitByFifty

May 22, 2020 ∞

Hit a new 30-minute PR this morning on my Peloton Bike! Felt great too! #FitByFifty

May 21, 2020 ∞

Solid climbing intervals in this morning’s 30-minute spin workout. I like how the charts look. 📈 #FitByFifty

May 15, 2020 ∞

Nice spin session on Peloton this morning, 30-min Rock & Roll class with Emma Lovewell! Geeky fun looking at the mPaceline graphs. #FitByFifty

May 9, 2020 ∞

First Peloton FTP Test

I did my first Functional Threshold Power test today. This is a good way to measure my fitness progress over time. Peloton doesn’t advertise it much, but they have some great built-in capabilities for power. After you do an FTP test ride for example, the bike automatically prompts you to store your average wattage and then in all rides going forward you get a realtime power meter that is customized to you.

There is no good or bad for this. I did struggle with holding my power over the course of the 20 minute test. I felt pretty spent by the time it got to the last exertion level.

The heart rate graph is a little off. I’m using mPaceline for this and it has my Max HR a little higher than it should be. The main thing I took away from HR was that I was giving it my full effort. I also think my HR was higher than it should have been for the Zone 4 and 5 sections.