garrett
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The Wahoo is great, but try to get out on the the real bike and train too. My better half tried to do all of her training on the wahoo for the Leadville 100MB last year since we moved to Austin, TX in late 2019 and the heat was killing her. She had her first DNF in 8 Leadville 100s (made it to pipeline just 2 minutes after cut off, 75 miles into the race). Might have been other mid 50 lady problems, but...
I trained 100% outside ( in crazy south TX heat) for the for the SBT Gravel race this year, and I feel the heat and humidity made me stronger. I beat my goal time by 30 minutes, and ended up pulling for 3 people trying to get their PB. BTW, SBT Gravel is an awesome race and I plan to do it again. Helps we are moving back to Denver in 2 weeks.
Great point, for sure gotta train for the environment. Luckily (or not) my trainer is set up in a non-insulated garage, so being Florida, heat and humidity is in plentiful supply. I figure if I can train in that hot-ass garage, I can handle anything. I did a 2-hour session yesterday and was sweating buckets even at 8-9 AM. Didn't help it was one of our hottest days of the year around here. It hit 96+ degrees in the afternoon.
I get out in the real world at least one weekend day. Riding through and enjoying the outdoors is what it's really about. It's important to work with the imperfect conditions like road surfaces and wind, too. Had a great 90-minute endurance ride today at one the wilderness parks.
Congrats on your SBT success. It feels good to feel good! I'm so used to low elevation, I bet riding out there would wipe me out.