<workout_file>
    <author>Ride and Grind</author>
    <name>Endurance Ride (23 stages) (2)</name>
    <description>A multi-stage ride moving through 23 different intensities, from 55% to 70% FTP.</description>
    <sportType>bike</sportType>
    <tags><tag name="Duurtrainingen"/><tag name="Korte-trainingen-max1u30m"/></tags>
    <workout>
        <Warmup Duration="480" PowerLow="0.45" PowerHigh="0.65">
            <textevent timeoffset="0" message="An easy one today for the most part but definitely &quot;active&quot; with alot of change of cadence going on. Last chance to turn your head off is now, so enjoy these smooth &quot;choice&quot; RPM minutes. " locIndex="1" />
        </Warmup>
        <SteadyState Duration="120" Power="0.7" Cadence="60">
            <textevent timeoffset="0" message="They call them gravel &quot;grinders&quot; for a reason right? In most of these events we&apos;ll find climbs that are much steeper than what we would in a normal &quot;drop bar-red&quot; race" locIndex="2" />
        </SteadyState>
        <SteadyState Duration="60" Power="0.7" Cadence="75">
            <textevent timeoffset="0" message="Nice and smooth, feel all of the parts of the pedal stroke.  " />
        </SteadyState>
        <SteadyState Duration="60" Power="0.7" Cadence="90">
            <textevent timeoffset="0" message="Up a little bit into a more comfortable and more often used RPM.  " />
        </SteadyState>
        <SteadyState Duration="60" Power="0.7" Cadence="100">
            <textevent timeoffset="0" message="We want to remember what the entirety of that stroke feels like and accomplish the same while at these higher less manageable RPM&apos;s" locIndex="3" />
        </SteadyState>
        <SteadyState Duration="60" Power="0.7" Cadence="90">
            <textevent timeoffset="0" message=" Ok back down to a more reasonable number here at 90. " locIndex="4" />
        </SteadyState>
        <SteadyState Duration="60" Power="0.7" Cadence="75">
            <textevent timeoffset="0" message="As we feel more of the resistance at these lower RPM&apos;s be as relaxed as we can. " locIndex="5" />
        </SteadyState>
        <SteadyState Duration="120" Power="0.7" Cadence="60">
            <textevent timeoffset="0" message="Just 2 more minutes at this low low RPM." locIndex="6" />
        </SteadyState>
        <SteadyState Duration="120" Power="0.55">
		</SteadyState>
        <SteadyState Duration="120" Power="0.7">
            <textevent timeoffset="0" message="Be as smooth as you can here. Full pedal strokes! " locIndex="7" />
        </SteadyState>
        <SteadyState Duration="60" Power="0.7" Cadence="75">
            <textevent timeoffset="0" message=" We&apos;ll often find ourselves forced into a lot of &quot;over gear&quot; riding at different parts of the race.  " />
        </SteadyState>
        <SteadyState Duration="60" Power="0.7" Cadence="90">
            <textevent timeoffset="0" message="It&apos;s quite frequent though that you&apos;ll find a forced &quot;over-gear&quot; section followed by a fast paced decent so being able to comfortably switch from low to high is a valuable skill" locIndex="8" />
        </SteadyState>
        <SteadyState Duration="60" Power="0.7" Cadence="100">
            <textevent timeoffset="0" message="Steep on one side is often steep on the other, and unless we have the perfect gear ratio (which is most often not the case) you&apos;ll be over-geared and then under geared or &quot;spun out&quot;. " locIndex="9" />
        </SteadyState>
        <SteadyState Duration="60" Power="0.7" Cadence="90">
            <textevent timeoffset="0" message="Planning your gear selection appropriately is obviously a big focus and should be a priority and course dependant." locIndex="10" />
        </SteadyState>
        <SteadyState Duration="60" Power="0.7" Cadence="75">
            <textevent timeoffset="0" message="But training yourself to be ready for those changes is absolutely integral to a successful &quot;gravel grinder&quot;bid. " locIndex="11" />
        </SteadyState>
        <SteadyState Duration="120" Power="0.7" Cadence="60">
            <textevent timeoffset="0" message="So, moral of the story is- learn to love riding with variable RPM&apos;s" locIndex="12" />
        </SteadyState>
        <SteadyState Duration="120" Power="0.55">
		</SteadyState>
        <SteadyState Duration="120" Power="0.7" Cadence="60">
            <textevent timeoffset="0" message="last round through, focus on the &quot;feel&quot; as you move through the gears and up and down on the RPMs. " locIndex="13" />
        </SteadyState>
        <SteadyState Duration="60" Power="0.7" Cadence="75">
            <textevent timeoffset="0" message="We&apos;ll often find ourselves forced into a lot of &quot;over gear&quot; riding at different parts of the race.  " />
        </SteadyState>
        <SteadyState Duration="60" Power="0.7" Cadence="90">
            <textevent timeoffset="0" message="Are you starting to feel where your efficiency breaking point is?" locIndex="14" />
        </SteadyState>
        <SteadyState Duration="60" Power="0.7" Cadence="100">
            <textevent timeoffset="0" message="It&apos;s good to know either on the low end or the high end and work on it during recovery rides and workouts like this. " locIndex="15" />
        </SteadyState>
        <SteadyState Duration="60" Power="0.7" Cadence="90">
            <textevent timeoffset="0" message="Being efficient especially over long distances and tough courses often found in gravel races" locIndex="16" />
        </SteadyState>
        <SteadyState Duration="60" Power="0.7" Cadence="75">
            <textevent timeoffset="0" message="and tough courses often found in gravel races, last time back down stay smooth and don&apos;t &quot;muscle&quot; it. " locIndex="17" />
        </SteadyState>
        <SteadyState Duration="120" Power="0.7" Cadence="60">
            <textevent timeoffset="0" message="This was a recovery ride right? " locIndex="18" />
        </SteadyState>
        <Cooldown Duration="360" PowerLow="0.55" PowerHigh="0.45">
            <textevent timeoffset="0" message="Nice work, not easy if you haven&apos;t done it before, but I think valuable and a good way to make the trainer time go quickly." locIndex="19" />
            <textevent timeoffset="30" message="Enjoy this recovery, but also head over for another 15-30 minutes of free ride if you have the time. Keep it under 75% though. Not a hard day here. " locIndex="20" />
        </Cooldown>
    </workout>
</workout_file>
