Cycle 116

Flat road to a climb, flat road finish.

Warm-up and flat road start

  • Strobe – Deadmau5

Climb  - ascending resistance

  • Different – Pendulum
  • Cult Logic – Miike Snow
  • Kicking and Screaming – The Presets
  • The Perfect Drug – Nine Inch Nails

Flat road finish

  • One More Chance – Bloc Party
  • Take a Bow – Muse

90 second cash out

  • Let it Die – Foo Fighters

Cool down

  • Reckoner – Radiohead
  • Sleeping In – The Postal Service
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Cycle 115

A couple climbs with sprints after each.

Warm-up

  • Hi Friend! – Deadmau5

Couplet: seated climb/standing jog, seated climb/hill sprint

  • The City Is At War – Cobra Starship/Glass Danse – The Faint
  • Animal – Miike Snow/American Trash – Innerpartysystem

False Flat Sprint section

  • Thoughts of a Dying Atheist – Muse
  • Rocketship 2010 – Shiny Toy Guns

Descending resistance climb (heavy -> light)

  • Talk Like That – The Presets
  • Given Up – Linkin Park
  • Jigsaw Falling Into Place – Radiohead

False Flat Sprint finish

  • Famous Last Words – My Chemical Romance
  • Sunburn – Muse

Cool down

  • Fix You – Coldplay
  • Be Somebody – Kings of Leon
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cycle 114

tempo ride… higher resistance in the beginning, ending fast and flat.

  1. Home – LCD Soundsystem: warmup
  2. Neutron Star Collision – Muse: seated/standing climb
  3. Tear You Apart – She Wants Revenge: seated/standing climb
  4. Turn Your Back – Billy Talent: standing climb
  5. You Will Leave a Mark – A Silent Film: false flat, accelerations
  6. Going Wrong – Armin Van Buuren: time trial
  7. Move Along – All American Rejects: seated climb, standing jog
  8. I Was a Teenage Anarchist – Against Me!: seated climb, accelerations
  9. Sunburn – Muse: false flat cadence challenge
  10. Survive – Rise Against: false flat power intervals
  11. Word Forward – Foo Fighters: sprints
  12. You and Your Heart – Jack Johnson: cool down
  13. Hey, Soul Sister – Train : cool down
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Cycle 112 (some hills)

Every once in a while I go for a departure from my usual alternative/electronic/metal/punk playlists.  If I piss you off, I’m sorry, but I guarantee someone, somewhere will dig this.

This ride has some hills in it.

Warm up

  • Pow-Pow – LCD Soundsystem: warm-up, tabata sprints.

Workout

  • Good Girls Go Bad – Cobra Starship: false flat, power pushes.
  • Live Your Life – T.I.: seated/standing hill, light hill gear.
  • Showdown – Black Eyed Peas: moderate hill with 20rpm speedups.
  • The Game – Jurassic Park: start on false flat, add 2 gears every 45sec, end standing climb.
  • Surprise rest…
  • Empire State of Mind – Jay-Z: seated/standing hill, moderate hill gear.
  • OMG – Usher: seated moderate hill, standing hard hill.
  • Ghosts n Stuff – Deadmau5: distance trial.
  • Bad Romance – Lady GaGa: flat road/false flat standing/seated false flat sprints.

Cool down

  • Young Forever – Jay-Z
  • Tennessee – Arrested Development
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Cycle 109 (hill repeats)

Some hill repeats, with each hill getting tougher as we progress.

Warm-up

  • Cream Dream – Simian Mobile Disco
  • I Can Talk – Two Door Cinema Club
  • Up In Arms – Foo Fighters

Hill 1 (easy hill resistance)

  • Be Near Me – ABC
  • Dear God – XTC (attack at the end)

Rest: Crystalised – The XX

Hill 2 (moderate hill resistance)

  • Head Over Heels – Tears For Fears
  • Undisclosed Desires – Muse

Rest: American Dream – Better Than Ezra

Hill 3 (steep hill resistance)

  • Optimistic – Radiohead
  • White Flag – Gorillaz
  • Tonight, Tonight – Smashing Pumpkins (attacks)

Cash-out: Call Call – The Faint

Cool down

  • Home – Foo Fighters
  • Fix You – Coldplay
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