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<workout_file>
  <author>Kris Stallenberg</author>
  <name>90-min Z4 (Threshold) Medium #03</name>
  <description>Improve your ability to respond to attacks without cracking. This session involves sustained threshold efforts punctuated by short, hard surges above threshold. This teaches your body to handle lactate spikes during an already high-intensity effort.</description>
  <sportType>bike</sportType>
  <tags>
    <tag name="THRESHOLD" />
  </tags>
  <workout>
    <Warmup Duration="900" PowerLow="0.55" PowerHigh="0.75">
      <textevent timeoffset="600" message="Final minutes of warmup. Get mentally ready for the main set." />
      <textevent timeoffset="8" message="Ride right on the edge and stay controlled." />
    </Warmup>
    <SteadyState Duration="300" Power="0.7" />
    <IntervalsT Repeat="5" OnDuration="30" OffDuration="270" OnPower="1.2" OffPower="0.95">
      <textevent timeoffset="0" message="First Criss-Cross block. Settle into threshold, prepare for the first surge." />
      <textevent timeoffset="270" message="SURGE! 30 seconds hard." />
      <textevent timeoffset="750" message="Halfway through this block. Control your breathing after each surge." />
    </IntervalsT>
    <SteadyState Duration="600" Power="0.6">
      <textevent timeoffset="30" message="Great first block. Take this recovery seriously. Spin easy." />
    </SteadyState>
    <IntervalsT Repeat="5" OnDuration="30" OffDuration="270" OnPower="1.2" OffPower="0.95">
      <textevent timeoffset="0" message="Second and final block. Stay focused and strong." />
      <textevent timeoffset="270" message="First surge of the last block. Let's go!" />
      <textevent timeoffset="750" message="This is tough, but you are tougher. Keep pushing." />
      <textevent timeoffset="1490" message="Last one! Give it everything!" />
    </IntervalsT>
    <Cooldown Duration="600" PowerLow="0.65" PowerHigh="0.45">
      <textevent timeoffset="300" message="Job done. That was a hard one. Great work." />
    </Cooldown>
  </workout>
</workout_file>