Beer Drinkers Appreciation Society (BDAS) 2022 Mentor Group - ALWAYS OPEN (Page 4)

@Nicole:  LOL Eminem ride...I have my own Spotify mixes that I do certain workouts to, including the FTP tests. 

Good week so far with solid workouts all three days and some additional strength training.  I also pulled the trigger on a couple of criteriums (for the 3rd straight year...); let's hope they happen but I think we're good.

@NicoleE - old...HA!  Wait until you're 52, sister! 

@Nathalie:  go Fit Nat!!!

@Andrew:  that's a lot of half marathons...that would have run me into the ground even 10-12 years ago

@Jenn:  enjoy your vacation - well deserved for all the crazy traveling you do in your job

@NicoleJ:  I also really struggle with the one goggle breathing thing; I damn near pull my whole head out of the water breathing, even after 12 years of swimming

Hey,  rant away.  No worries.  We still have a mask mandate in Baltimore City, (where NicoleE lives) but not in Baltimore County (where I live).  Somehow that 10 miles makes a difference in epidemiology. 

Anyway...this morning was a feeble attempt at over-unders on the trainer...let's call them more like "at or maybe a tiny bit over"-"definitely unders".  Still came close to total stress goals so worth putting forth the effort.  I have such a hard time nailing those 5:45 AM rides - I'm much better mid-morning.  My back is killing me today (along with most of my joints).  I can tell the weather (we have heavy rain coming tonight) now with my pain levels. 

That's great you're still getting some good training despite vertigo .  I had an episode of that about 30 (!!!) years ago and it went away eventually so I hope it continues to get better.  I can't imaging swimming with it.

I had a great week overall last week, 3 swims (5K yards total, most in over a year), 3 rides and a couple of short treadmill "runs" while still maintaining my strength and core regimen.  I overcooked my target TSS for the week by almost 100 (oops).  I did a two-hour ride on Saturday finally conquering the Achterbahn route on Zwift (30 miles, 3K+ feet of climbing).  Recovery week this week and we start our drive south on Saturday.

Hope everyone had a great weekend - it was weird without American football so I got a little caught up on EPL action.  I don't have any skin in the game so it's great just to watch the skill of those players. 

OK, so basically a 21:30 5K pace?  That's like my PR.  Yeah, I'd try that in a sprint. 

Originally posted by bulfrog Yup... The problem is our government still seem to exist in a world where the covid is going to go away. That was justified back in 2020, but that ship has long since sailed. Like the rest of the world we have to learn to live with it and get on with life. Although those are the rules/plans as they stand today, I don't think it will happen to schedule. Dear leader is going to be forced to accept reality long before October. And, unfortunately the Omicron is rampaging through us currently. Over 6,000 cases yesterday (2 weeks ago our highest ever daily total was around 200) Still at least with the Omicron not the OG covid it's a lot less dangerous, and 95% of the country is double vaxed, which may or may not help depending on which conspiracy theory you read .

I get all my news from Facebook, and I read there that... 

Anyway, I hope your leaders get their heads on straight.  There are still some areas here that are addicted to the protocols and stubbornly stick to the mandates, etc. 

I'm heading south for six weeks, leaving on Saturday. 

I've had some really good training lately in the pool and should be able to keep it up at our resort complexes as they have lap pools, so when I get back in April I do plan on finally swimming with people.