WU

ZRL - EMEA 2 Div 2 (B) TTT
Mighty Met course
281 AVG Watts | NP 295 watts
140 AVG HR/ 156 Max
20' @ 287 Watts - 3rd best power

This was a very hard effort. We had 6 riders to start and dropped one on the first glass highway climb, and dropped another on the descent right after the NYC KOM. I gladly pulled A LOT. Many long big pulls. Unfortunately we still finished 11 out f 14 teams. First place team is borderline A cat and they finished 2 full minutes ahead of us. BUT... I'd rather be BOP B then FOP C.

Bigger Loop | TR: Ochoco
187W Avg

ZSUN Base Builder
215 AVG Power

Ate ice cream last night and felt like pure garbage on todays ride. Coincidence -- unfortunately not.

Hate when my weight goes up.  Had some extra salt yesterday so attributing it to water weight.  Legs are a touch sore today -- aiming for a super easy Run and TR Pettit, so active recovery day fo' sure!!

WU. Wanted a longer warm up but the dog wouldn't come in and I had to chase her...

Tour de Zwft Stage 7 | Jungle Route 4 Laps
278 AVG/ 293 NP / 3.6 w/kg
AVG HR 136

Stayed w/ 1st group and got popped at 12’. Stayed 2nd group till 23’ — popped again on climb. Stayed with 3rd group until 5k to go. Raced with another Evo rider to the finish and SMOKED him on the Sprint! Mu-hahahahaha.

Sidewalks around the lake are covered in snow again. Luckily it's only about a total of a half mile stretch where I literally am running on a busy road with NO SHOULDER. The shoulder is literally a single white line. But I wear my uber bright neon yellow Sugoi jacket, and so far no close calls.

I'm into the teens for Runs left!!! Feb 22nd is in sight!

To quote Dr. Ellie Arroway: "I'm okay to go!"

Slept a solid 10 hours and feel pretty good this morning.  I was tempted to reach for the Sugar Pops cereal or the M&M pancakes my wife had made... but I chose my organic oatmeal instead.  I really want to keep my upward trajectory of Bike/Run fitness and strength going.  My weight has leveled out at 172 pounds but my waist has gotten considerably smaller, so I'm certain I gained muscle -- so the leveling out is fine and another weight drop will come in time.  

I'm tempted to start doing squats with weight (I do air squats as part of my Run WU) but I'm going to wait the 19 days till my 100/100 Run challenge is over and then I'm going to build more bike-specific strength with weights.  I MUST get back in the Pool. Targeting next week.