Georg MTB

In this episode I talk about the last ride for next couple of days as I’m taking a break not only from mountain biking but also from work etc.

I talk about how my perception of the rides isn’t really matching with the data. Very Strange. 

Furthermore I share the story which has been caused by the derailleur. Which is probably not assembled properly by me. -.-
Furthermore I share a story about how I opened my chain once to clean it. It didn’t end well after 6 months of riding. Try not to make the same mistake.

On Friday I did my usual training, on Saturday I thought it will be a rest day but I went for a 6k run and obviously I did my training today on Sunday.

I thought I won’t be able to keep up my normal pace today but it seems like since running and biking are two completely different movements for my legs this wasn’t the case at all.

Listen to this episode to find out how the training on Wednesday, the training on Friday and the training today on Sunday was any different. I would have guessed wrong.

In this episode I talk about finding an alternative route.Since 3 weeks my “old” exercising route is covered with icy parts. You will be surprised who simple the alternative will be, to be honest it is so simple I was completely blind to it for more than 2 weeks.
Furthermore I talk about how the ride on the new route went, I thought 2 weeks of casually running would be the same as not exercising at all but the results look quite promising.

This episode is all about how the interval training session will continue and what the latest running sessions have been about.

I’m honestly considering to rename the podcast to match my future ambitions.

Check out this episode to see understand the next steps I will make with this podcast.

Furthermore I share my last 5k, the time it took me, the pace I was running and which “trick” I’m using to run consistently at the more or less same pace without checking my watch for the pace.

This episode is all about 5 things I didn’t knew before I started out mountain biking. And I wish I knew those thing.

I learned them either from friends or the hard way :D

And I share quickly why I’m currently not able to ride my bike.

p.s. at the beginning you can tell that I recorded this episode early in the morning :D

In this episode I talk about how the weather forced me to skip the training session on last Friday. Actually I forgot that to check the weather …
Besides that I talk about the hard decision I had to make today. And how going up the hill by care was part of that …
Let’s hope things get better in the next few days, but I think I found an alternative already ...

In this episode I share with you the wardrobe choices I made on the last few rides. As the temperature isn’t always the same, I had to adopt.

Find out what worked for me and what didn’t.

Furthermore I tried to compare my last 5 rides on a deeper level. As I had the feeling that the breaks in between each interval made the rides uncomparable.

Then I discovered that one ride was particular well with an extreme high average speed in the intense intervals. I looked through all available data only to discover that the answer was only visible in my journal.

Listen to this episode to find out what made me ride that fast and even exceed my maximum heart rate zone by 2 bpm.

 On this ride I struggled a lot. Not from a physical perspective but technology-wise. GPS not working, HR strap not working, bike light not charged to the max.

While all these little helpers haven’t been working, I had to rely on my feelings and sensation. 

Don’t be shy, say hi! :)

You might have noticed that I skipped one session on Tuesday. This was due to an important meeting I had to do.

In this episode I share with you the big insight I got in the last few weeks from being sick in mid December. I found out that exercising is generally good for my health but extreme and intensive exercising can lead to much more sick days.

Luckily I talked with my friends about this and one of them had a pretty simple solution as he experiences the same thing as I did. Getting sick from too much training. I share with you the secret he shared with me. Train hard without the risk of getting sick.

Don’t be shy, say hi! :)

In this episode I share 2 things with you which messed with me on the first maximum interval session: lack of focus when cars where near me + the cold

The temperature said ok but it felt freezing cold.

The cars kind of need that much attention that my focus gets dragged away from my legs.

Furthermore I explain why doing those 2 weeks of training is pretty difficult in the beginning.

Don’t be shy, say hi! :)

 Things happen. Such as recording an episode a day late :D

In this episode, I talk about how my reference ride after 3 weeks of intensive interval training went. I can tell you I did my improve my time but the result I got was not that trustworthy. 

Furthermore, I learned an extremely valuable lesson: always question your current actions. In my case: Not pedaling as hard to be able to ride the whole ride.

Listen to this episode to find out why the result was questionable and what “questioning yourself” can do for you.

Don’t be shy, say hi! :)

Today was “reference ride” Sunday. As I needed some trail action not only for me but also on camera I went for a longer ride on Saturday. One of the best rides ever. 

Awesome new trail right next to where I live which I didn’t know combined with a beautiful sunset.

I wanted to do the reference ride on Monday but there was one thing which would happen on Monday which would make it impossible to do.

More details in this episode

Don’t be shy, say hi ! :)

This episode sums up everything what I did so far for all the new listeners. What the current training is like, which routine I’ve created. I share the story of me reducing the uphill time by 21 minutes. Yes, 21 minutes after only 6 months. 

I share how the active rest day which I did in the last few days work. Or if they even worked as expected ?!

More evidence will follow on the next episode, after the reference ride.

Don’t be shy, say hi ! :)

Today's ride has been affected by something I didn’t experience in a long time. Sleep deprivation. I only slept 5h rather than 7-7,5h which I normally do.

In this episode I talk about all the negative aspects not only during today's ride but also those which I’ve experienced throughout the day.

The stats as usual don’t lie :/ 

Yesterday I discovered that not the active rest day but more the ride I do in my lunch break of the same day when I do my interval training is improving my riding. Unfortunately I still have to test this on a larger scale but the data so far looks promising. 

Improving my stamina without increasing the training intensity. ;)

Being consistent with my training isn’t always easy. Particularly if the wind is blowing like crazy and the temperature around 2°C (35,6°F). But I knew that I’ve committed to train to ride faster than I did with the eBike back in May.

I went for the ride and it was as every other ride. Perfect temperatures, at least for me, a good training pace and the wind wasn’t even blowing that hard on “my uphill”.

In the end we all create things in our head which are not true at all.

“It is too cold” “It is too XYZ”

In this episode I share what made me do the ride no matter the conditions waiting for me.

In this episode, I don’t talk about my latest interval training session. As I skipped it. I wasn’t in the mood for a training session so I decided to go for a longer ride. A ride 3 times longer than my usual training is. With 3 times the difference in altitude.

The ride led me up until 1500 meters above sea level which meant riding over ice (without spikes)

Furthermore, I share the time of the uphill, compared to the time I rode the exact same uphill in May 2018 and this ride is huge. Completely nuts. I was never expecting the interval training to work that well.

I do it too. Being lazy. Therefore I skipped 2 episodes in the last few days so I have to wrap them up in this single episode.

What I haven't shared so far: one reference ride, two interval training sessions.

I talk about why I haven't achieved the goal of crushing the first time by Christmas and why I've decided to ride the paved uphill.

In the last few rides I noticed that a high heart rate doesn't equals in a fast pace.

Besides that I share my concern on the current training method
as it seems way too easy.

#063 - NEVER EVER excercise when sick !

After 2 weeks of not posting any episode I decided to do an episode outside of my riding schedule.

As I've been sick 2 weeks ago and still not feel 100% good again I didn't went for a ride since.

As my epsiodes usually are in synch with my training I

haven't posted since then.

This epsiode is different. I don't talk about my latest ride are there is no last ride.

This episode is about the disccovery I made while and because of me being sick.

I discovered that there is a connecting between my last ride 

episode 062 - LSD is hell of a drug and my illness.

Furthermore I discovered that my resting heart rate was already predicting my illness days before it actually happen.

This sent me down a rabit hole of research to learn more about my body, my heart rate and what the so called "open window" effect has to do with it. My research has only began and I'm light years away from being an expert.

But I still wanted to share this, in my opinion very interesting information, about how all these aspects come into account.

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