Sunday, October 26, 2014

Fall forest cycling class

pine/oak forest first to develop-- needs sun :)

1. warm up   fir needles are flat-- warm up 'flat' pace
2. warm up   spruce needles have four sides... 4 rounds of 1:15: same resistance, but increasing cadence from 70, 80, 90, and 100.

3. intervals  red pines have 2 needles:   two 2 min. sets, standing for 30 seconds of that set optional
4. intervals  white pines have 5 needles:  5  1  min. intervals with 20 seconds of standing on the minute

5. resistance  red oaks-- lobes are round:  resistance change over 5 minutes, one minute (rounded lobe) interval is 9/10 (minute 2 mark)
6. resistance   white oaks-- lobes are sharp:  resistance change over 5 minutes, with one sharp 10 second (sharp lobe) steep climb at the 2 minute mark.

7. Shady trees-- maples!!
5 lobes total, small, tall, tallest, tall, small
depending on time, do ladder sets with that pattern:
red maples are smallest
silver maples are leanest
norway/sugar maples are fattest

8. Cool down-- beech trees.... smooth bark... smooth steady cadence to cool down.

Music is to playlist #4 or #5 I believe-- cool down has Mumford Song 'Wanderer'

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