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12-07-15, 09:45 AM
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Oof, it really isn't winter, yet, is it. But I have rollers, now. I'll make it.
Yep, I took advantage of the weather to get a new cellar door installed and do yard work. Home ownership. So glamorous.
Yep, I took advantage of the weather to get a new cellar door installed and do yard work. Home ownership. So glamorous.
12-07-15, 10:21 AM
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Time for rest week!
Time for rest week!
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"Your beauty is an aeroplane;
so high, my heart cannot bear the strain." -A.C. Jobim, Triste
"Your beauty is an aeroplane;
so high, my heart cannot bear the strain." -A.C. Jobim, Triste
12-07-15, 04:10 PM
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Not when your CTL is only 50 to begin with 
I'll give it a few easy rides this week and be ready to go by next. This ain't my first rodeo!
I'll give it a few easy rides this week and be ready to go by next. This ain't my first rodeo!
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"Your beauty is an aeroplane;
so high, my heart cannot bear the strain." -A.C. Jobim, Triste
"Your beauty is an aeroplane;
so high, my heart cannot bear the strain." -A.C. Jobim, Triste
12-08-15, 09:02 AM
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Second day off... legs are still super sore.
Also, they're freakin' huge right now
*KP-style guitar solo*
Also, they're freakin' huge right now
*KP-style guitar solo*
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"Your beauty is an aeroplane;
so high, my heart cannot bear the strain." -A.C. Jobim, Triste
"Your beauty is an aeroplane;
so high, my heart cannot bear the strain." -A.C. Jobim, Triste
12-08-15, 09:17 AM
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I haven't downloaded my rides to CA in like 12 days because it's depressing and I'm too fragile to face it.
12-08-15, 09:20 AM
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I did ride 30 miles and 20 miles Saturday and Sunday, but even the very-low-moderate effort Sunday seems to have set me back so now I'm on the unprecedented path of taking like 3 full days off.
12-08-15, 09:25 AM
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can you stop with the "being bummed about having kids" comments? it's just kind of...off putting. at first i thought you were kidding but you've repeated it so many times i'm starting to think you're serious. why the hell would have have kids if you don't want them?
12-08-15, 09:32 AM
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it's complicated because injured and moderately bummed now is a preview of my child-laden and bummed-then future.
I did ride 30 miles and 20 miles Saturday and Sunday, but even the very-low-moderate effort Sunday seems to have set me back so now I'm on the unprecedented path of taking like 3 full days off.
I did ride 30 miles and 20 miles Saturday and Sunday, but even the very-low-moderate effort Sunday seems to have set me back so now I'm on the unprecedented path of taking like 3 full days off.
12-08-15, 09:34 AM
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it's complicated because injured and moderately bummed now is a preview of my child-laden and bummed-then future.
I did ride 30 miles and 20 miles Saturday and Sunday, but even the very-low-moderate effort Sunday seems to have set me back so now I'm on the unprecedented path of taking like 3 full days off.
I did ride 30 miles and 20 miles Saturday and Sunday, but even the very-low-moderate effort Sunday seems to have set me back so now I'm on the unprecedented path of taking like 3 full days off.
I can't speak about the kids situation considering I don't even have a houseplant.
12-08-15, 09:42 AM
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You might surprise yourself at how good you feel after a little time off the bike. Also fwiw I didn't take any time off after crashing earlier this year and my neck only stopped hurting like a month ago. Might have made more sense to lay low for a week.
I can't speak about the kids situation considering I don't even have a houseplant.
I can't speak about the kids situation considering I don't even have a houseplant.
12-08-15, 10:03 AM
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2x20 @ 93% aka Metcalfe Protocol. Actually I was aiming for 90% but both intervals ended up high. For some reason 90% is hard to target, I kept creeping up to 100% and having to back down.
One thing about doing 2x20s under 100% though, recovery is practically instantaneous. I rested for a couple minutes between intervals but I felt good to go after about 15 seconds. I got 100 TSS in a short ride without feeling a lot of load.
@Ygduf re kids, I'm not going to tell you or suggest how you should feel, and I understand that an internet bro cave like this offers an outlet for possibly ironic expression of anxiety. However, there is a major school of thought that says that repeatedly expressing feelings, even self-consciously or ironically, can result in manifesting those feelings.
One thing about doing 2x20s under 100% though, recovery is practically instantaneous. I rested for a couple minutes between intervals but I felt good to go after about 15 seconds. I got 100 TSS in a short ride without feeling a lot of load.
@Ygduf re kids, I'm not going to tell you or suggest how you should feel, and I understand that an internet bro cave like this offers an outlet for possibly ironic expression of anxiety. However, there is a major school of thought that says that repeatedly expressing feelings, even self-consciously or ironically, can result in manifesting those feelings.
12-08-15, 10:12 AM
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Anyway, sorry all. Thanks for the words. I was posting previously after just waking up and assessing the new-day level of pain/discomfort/healing/whatever. In 6 weeks I'll be back taking otf selfies again and will have forgotten that I was ever hurt. In 6 months I'll (probably) enjoy my children and wonder what I was ever worried about. Pre-coffee is not a time of strong perspective for me!
12-08-15, 03:15 PM
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1:45 on the trainer last night, and with the biblical rains we are having in the PNW, it looks like another 1:45ish on the trainer tonight. Enjoying 'The Man in the High Castle' on the trainer these days.
12-08-15, 03:17 PM
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I know you're totally unfamiliar with anxieties, so I understand the lack of empathy around a disruption like that.
Anyway, sorry all. Thanks for the words. I was posting previously after just waking up and assessing the new-day level of pain/discomfort/healing/whatever. In 6 weeks I'll be back taking otf selfies again and will have forgotten that I was ever hurt. In 6 months I'll (probably) enjoy my children and wonder what I was ever worried about. Pre-coffee is not a time of strong perspective for me!
Anyway, sorry all. Thanks for the words. I was posting previously after just waking up and assessing the new-day level of pain/discomfort/healing/whatever. In 6 weeks I'll be back taking otf selfies again and will have forgotten that I was ever hurt. In 6 months I'll (probably) enjoy my children and wonder what I was ever worried about. Pre-coffee is not a time of strong perspective for me!
Hope you feel better! I'm looking forward to seeing you in a couple weeks!
12-08-15, 04:00 PM
#2375
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still following the trainerroad sweet spot base program (week 4 of 6), today was 60min with 5x7min inverse pyramids 94-88-94%.
