I dunno if it's different from person to person, but I'm certainly in the "overreached" phase right now. I felt like I was doing a decent job of moderating intensity, and had cut back on elevation, but this morning no amount of effort could get my HR out of Z1, which immediately leads to the sandbag legs. Should have taken the shortcut home around mile 15, but instead went around the lap again and finished the morning absolutely wasted after 43 miles. I've had persistent fatigue and inability to fall asleep at night (despite feeling exhausted all day) for around 2 weeks. Not my first time here, and I have the memory of my full-on trip into OTS some years ago to use as a gauge for how I'm feeling now. I mean, my riding habits generally teeter on the edge of "this is an unhealthy pursuit," which means no less than 25 miles tomorrow and no less than 62.2 on Friday to knock out the March Strava Fondo Challenge.
But certainly no loss of appetite, so I've got that going for me.
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