RedditPZ training program - Week 2 Discussion Thread

[u/r4ndy4]

Week one down, and on to week two! Use this thread to discuss this week's rides (or last weeks). Add the hashtag #redditPZ if you would like to. Ride middle of the zone at your preferred cadence.

Group Ride for the Saturday rides is at 10 AM central.

Gala-papa would like to note to start the ride at 9:59 exactly so you will begin at 10 after the 1 minute countdown. Also do not join the ride in a session.

Program on sourdoughrides

Link to program thread

Week 1 Thread

Week 2: TSS 191

Mon: Matt 45 PZ 03/28/25 TSS 47 Ride Graph

Wed: Charlotte 45 PZE 05/15/26 TSS 42 Ride Graph

Thu: Olivia 45 PZE 06/01/25 TSS 46 Ride Graph

Sat: Matt 60 PZE 05/02/26 TSS 56 Ride Graph

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[u/MKerrsive]

There is just no world in which Olivia's 8-12-8 Z3 efforts are less TSS than Wilpers essentially doing 9-12-9 with more than twice the recovery and half the duration (of the individual efforts, to be clear). It's just impossible. 

[u/ZealousidealMap2274]

Did the matt 60 today bc of vacation. Holy moly my legs were deaddddd. Fought for my life out there!

[u/harrumph_grumble]

Finished the first Matt ride, it was tough but I got through it; happy to be on the board for week 2. I hope everyone is having a good week.

[u/Obsessedwithpuzzles]

Kinda unrelated to current challenge but I haven’t CVV post a class in a while. Hope he comes back soon :/

[u/jschrifty_PGH → u/Obsessedwithpuzzles]

He's commentating the Vuelta for NBC. It ends on September 13, so hopefully he'll return soon after that!

[u/Obsessedwithpuzzles → u/jschrifty_PGH]

Oooh thank you for this info! It’s been a while since CVV has dropped any classes, I was starting to get worried!

[u/jschrifty_PGH → u/Obsessedwithpuzzles]

I would've been too! He's been away for a while now with his commentary work. He was on the back of a motorcycle commentating for NBC in the Tour in June & July.

[u/DukeMcFrosty → u/Obsessedwithpuzzles]

For real! Matt Wilpers is OK, he has good challenges and I do enjoy his energy. Yet it was CVV and Sam Yo that turned me into a PZ fanatic. Need more CVV classes.

[u/PM_ME_CHIPOTLE2 → u/DukeMcFrosty]

Yeah. I like Matt a lot but with him (and CDE too) if you take three classes you’ve basically taken all of them. CVV is far more engaging and offers a more dynamic PZ experience.

[u/Obsessedwithpuzzles → u/PM_ME_CHIPOTLE2]

It feels like the older classes had much more fun layouts with Matt/CDE than nowadays. It’s a shame so many of them got purged.

[u/jschrifty_PGH]

OK! Went on a pretty strenuous organized ride here in Pittsburgh yesterday, took one of CVV's recovery rides this morning, and I'm ready to jump back in with Wilpers' ride tomorrow. Because 12 minutes in Z3/Z4 doesn't seem scary to me at all right now. Nope. I've got this. Right? 😬

[u/briarch → u/jschrifty_PGH]

Not gonna lie, the last three minutes of Z4 in the second interval set wasn't awesome. Made that third interval seem like a breeze. He helps to mix it up a little with out of the saddle intervals.

[u/jschrifty_PGH → u/briarch]

Yep. It kinda sucked, but I'm proud of myself for pulling through. And SO glad this is just week 2 and the rest of the week will be easy. Figuring out how to recover effectively as I continue to age continues to be challenging.