Originally Posted by
Hermes
Are you training outside again? It looked like the air quality improved albeit due to rain.
The air is better. I went to the mountains with my family for a few days to escape the terrible air. Rode outside there, but only an hour for two days, mostly trying to find my way out of the neighborhood. Never been a more confusing place to navigate. Came back Tuesday, rode for an hour in the ~140 AQI, just noodling but it was 3:30pm and getting dark, couldn't ride inside after the long drive home. Wednesday did a workout on the trainer with the garage door open and not minding the rain because I could actually breathe without burning my throat. Yesterday got outside for 90 minutes with @
mattm in the clean clean air but just conversational pace so I didn't feel so bad about eating 2lbs of brussels sprouts/bacon/hazelnut thing my wife made.
Today is rain again. This is halfway through the 4th week of like 1/2 training load from usual. CTL has gone from 115 to 90, but SB is at 37, so I feel pretty good!