Are you training for an endurance event? Are you looking to push yourself to the next level? Are you a proud member of the Power Zone Pack? Try out these 90 min Power Zone Endurance rides on the Peloton.
- 7/22/18
- Coach: Matt Wilpers
- Class Structure:
- 16 min warm-up, including 5 1-minute spin-ups and a 3 min build
- 5 intervals of 12 min each at zone 3, with 3 min zone 2 intervals in between
- 1 min cool down
- Playlist: Each interval block features music of a different decade, starting with the 70’s and proceeding on. Overall, one of my favorite playlists, with lots of solid tunes with a driving beat, and perhaps only 2-3 songs that aren’t to my personal taste.
- Special Event: Home Rider Invasion weekend.
- Coaching: Matt tells some good stories about training and racing events that didn’t go quite as planned.
- 1/12/19
- Coach: Matt Wilpers
- Class Structure:
- 13 min warm-up, including 5 30-second spinups and the usual build
- Interval structure: 12-9-7-12-9-7 min intervals of zone 3 with 4 min zone 2 intervals in between
- 1 min cool down
- Playlist: The usual rider request gimmish of rock, pop, and hip hop. For my own personal tastes, there were some good tunes early and late in the playlist, while the middle was a bit mediocre.
- Special Event: The Power Zone Pack is in the midst of the Game of Zones challenge.
- Coaching: One of the blander 90-min rides in my opinion. Matt does the usual coaching about the importance of getting some carbs in on a ride longer than 60 min and the risk of “bonking” otherwise, the role of the long ride in your training regimen, and the importance of the intervals in the last 30-45 min of the class when you’re beyond your usual ride length, but otherwise doesn’t offer much in the way of chatter beyond calling out the music and milestones.