Originally Posted by
Machka
How has your cycling or exercise in general been going?
Somewhat erratic but mostly okay. Leg strength is definitely down from where it normally is at this point in the year, because my diet of hard intervals only really consists of group rides, which I haven't been doing.
Only two rides this last week, but the ride on Sunday was 106 miles long. Only around 3800' of elevation, but very slow from wind. The constant wind in spring is very annoying, but it's otherwise a stunning time of year.
I've ironically been eating healthier under COVID than before, now that I'm relying entirely on home cooking, and I've actually lost nearly 10 pounds. In the middle of the century, I did a very hard effort up a 1000' hill. Accounting for the weight of that bike, it wasn't far off my best-ever performance. That was nice to see: even if I'm a bit weak at the moment, at least my climbing is holding up.
Seems like it's the time of year when dampness causes there to be slugs everywhere. Which is okay, they're polite and they stand still for the camera.
I just wish they would avoid hanging out in the middle of a right-of-way.