In what has become an ongoing saga that is my attempt to train in the absence of any notable dietary carbohydrate, namely ketosis, there seems to be something of an underlying theme that’s becoming apparent.
During the latter part of the most recent Tour de Garage I started ketosis. The trainer workouts weren’t any problem whatsoever with regard to fueling or any sensations of power output, although I sensed that my heart rate was higher at any given speed/power output…
Some of the elevated heart rate could be down to my not having figured out my sodium supplementation properly, which also manifests itself in elevated resting heart rates as well…
VAM, the direct translation of “velocità ascensionale media” from Italian is “mean ascent velocity” leading to an expansion of the acronym in English as Velocity, Ascent, Mean (average)…
Most of the cyclists you see in the North Georgia Mountains on any given weekend don’t live here, they drove up to ride in the Gaps, and it’s something of an ‘event’. As such, they tend to ride their ‘Sunday best’…
Any way you measure this one, it’s a tough climb. When it was in the Tour de Georgia the UCI said Hogpen was a Cat 1 climb, so it’s got that going for it…
