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Wednesday - May 4

Bike

1h 31m 22s
20.60 miles
13.53 Mi/hr

Umstead gravel ride

For Christmas last year, I gave my mom a print from Amber Share who did the Subpar Parks book. The park is quite close my parents' house and they would sometimes get coffee and go there and enjoy nature.

Amber Share, the artist, took bad reviews of parks from Yelp or some such and juxtaposed them with beautiful views. She's from NC so she has an NC State Parks series as well. The Umstead bad review is "all that's there are trees" so my Dad goes there, he sends me pictures of the trees. When I go there, I send him pictures of the trees.

√ Ride tonight!

I finally got off my butt to see about my inner Canadian. I was born in Newfoundland but I am a US citizen. I have an acquaintance from wayyyy back whose husband is an immigration attorney. I'm gonna explore what it will take to claim dual citizenship.

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Tuesday - May 3

Bike #1

1h 00m 49s
19.60 miles
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Warm up and build to Z3
5 x 4min at 85-95%. Maintain a comfortable cadence (85-95 rpm). 2 min Rest between sets.
Some Z2 stuff and then a cool down.

Zwift - Watopia Figure 8 Reverse

Bike #2

20m 11s
7.12 miles
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Extended cool down in the form of a group ride.

Zwift - Group Ride: Team Valhalla Wake-up North America Ride (D) on R.G.V. in France

Massage tonight. The first one in forever. Before covid, I had an injury that I was rehabbing so I was using my self care dollars/time for PT. During peak covid, continued with maintenance PT to keep things running smoothly. Then, my massage therapist of choice got a hospital job and only had like three slots per week so I could not see her. Then she quit massage therapy altogether so I finally got recommendations for a new person.

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Monday - May 2

Bike

1h 00m 27s
21.17 miles
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Recovery ride

Run

31m 16s
3.21 miles
09m 44s /Mi

Sport

Strength
44m 31s

Coach Parry session: single leg squat, renegade push up, hip raise with ball squeeze, crunch,
single leg calf raise. side plank with leg lift and hip flexion

The fire in Pisgah National Forest that I mentioned last week is expected to be contained today. Here's the summary?

PISGAH FOREST, NC (May 2, 2022) – Today firefighters expect to complete containment on the Barnett Branch Fire on the Pisgah National Forest off the Blue Ridge Parkway near the Pisgah Inn.

All roads closed due to fire activity have reopened but trail closures are still in effect for Barnett Branch Trail #618 above Yellow Gap Road, Buck Springs Trail #104, and Mountains to Sea Trail from Hwy 276 north to the Pisgah Inn.

The investigation into the cause of the 370-acre fire is ongoing but is suspected to be an abandoned campfire. Anyone causing such a fire, whether through negligence or carelessness, can be held liable for damages.

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Sunday - May 1

Bike

3h 45m 27s
64.04 miles
17.04 Mi/hr

Raven Rock Ramble 100k ride

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Saturday - April 30

Bike

2h 51m 51s
50.68 miles
17.69 Mi/hr

Links ride from Apex Nature Park

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Friday - April 29

Rest day

More on fire in Pisgah National Forest. It looks like it's just north of Yellow Gap Road and Pink Beds, east of 276 and west of Pisgah Inn and south of the Blue Ridge Parkway. (Robin will correct me if I'm wrong). The BRP is closed from 276 (MP412) to Pisgah Inn (MP408).

Fire on portion of Blue Ridge Parkway grows to 200 acre
2 dozen US Forest Service firefighters battle Blue Ridge Parkway blaze near Pisgah Inn

Barnett Branch Fire on the Pisgah National Forest