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1 day off from exercise…too funny that it’s noteworthy

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Dad

We took a little trip out-of-town this past Labor Day weekend, so in the spirit of ‘recovery’ and ‘vacation’, I actually took 1 day off from exercise …only noteworthy, since it was my first day off from exercise in 6 weeks 🙂 … Continue reading →

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Bike Functional Threshold Power (FTP) test result: 263 Watts

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Dad

Almost looks like I know what I’m doing 🙂 Test on the bike went very well today…new FTP number is 263 Watts…up from 249 Watts 3 months ago: http://www.irondaughterirondad.com/bike-functional-threshold-power-ftp-test-result-249-watts/  …and spot on my prediction/goal of 260-265W from yesterday …so cool! What it all … Continue reading →

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Bike Functional Threshold test today

Posted on January 3, 2011 by Dad

So here it is…the beginning of the New Year…and as good a time as any to set the benchmarks to track improvement over the year…never a good time to get started…so it’s a ‘just do it’ day 🙂 Since most … Continue reading →

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