This morning was my first day attending Taste of Vision Quest (VQ) class hosted by Team in Training Head Coach Dan Jurger and Mentor Captain K.C. Maddelein.
Vision Quest is a 8 week program designed to make you a better athlete. They have a variety of programs. Some of the pros go through this program during their off seasons. I'm in the Taste of VQ cycling class.
In the VQ cycle class they hook up your bike to a comp-u-trainer. There, the computer measures your speed and energy output in watts. The comp-u-trainer will also control the Resistance the bike is going . In essence, the instructor can make any virtual ride. Similar to a spin class but you get to use your bike and your gears work.
Today's goal was to get our average energy threshold so future "rides" can be based on. I started out riding at a 290 Watt output but ended up with a average of 260 Watts. What did this mean? First I went out too fast, but that's okay. I now know my limits. Second, I know how powerful I am and in 8 weeks I should improve my average.
It was a tough 40 minutes. I wonder if I could of done better if I didn't go to a holiday party and got only 5 hours of sleep. Afterwards I was soar and ended up with a giant migraine. I went straight home and crawled into bed for 2 hours. It was a small price to pay but in the end It will be worth it.
At the end Coach Dan was telling me that eventually will be able to improve my average to 290 Watts. He also told me That since I'm a runner I have a tendency for my pedaling to be in the shape of a square. That causes some weired clicking noises in my chain. Pedal strokes should in a circle. He said I need to control my hip action. This won't happen overnight but with more live bike riding and my VQ I could get really good at this biking thing.
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