Ha, if anything I feel like I already owe him/her as I have taken more than a few WO ideas from you previously :p.

Getting coached is on the radar, but not financially viable ATM. I may move in with my gf in 4-6months, which will cut down my rent expenses considerably. Maybe then.

Definitely go see your ortho. The last time I broke my clavicle, the ER PA/nurse/whatever looked at the x-ray and assured me that nothing was broken. I went to my ortho for a follow-up and he brought up the x-ray on his computer and cracked up and said "C'mere, look at this!" It was obviously broken, bigger than Stuttgart. ER folks are apparently focused on getting people out as fast as possible.

Word, just let me know if/when and I'll put you in touch.

Ah, 25 miles of slow that felt delightful.

Just under two hours, out on the MUP and return by road. Ran into a Cat1 friend heading home from work who had the nicest commuter bike I've ever seen. Handmade custom steel frame, hydro discs, through axle rear, panniers, hammered fenders, generator, and Di2. I have a nice commuter bike, but damn.

Don't tell me this was Cole A.

Could have been Colby.

Negative.

50 minutes active recovery on zwift. getting some IT band twinges. need to begin stretching more earnestly

Sort of openers. Like, the type of openers you do 4 days before a peak race. So whatever that is. I hope it means I get to eat nutella.

Incorrect.

Commuting is a lot harder when it's 15 degrees warmer than the average temp for Sept 1. Heavy legs today.

Just did an hour on zwift 100w. It's a nice day, might take the hybrid out and enjoy the weather

Sheesh, I would've skipped zwift and done the recovery ride on the hybrid.

Yeah that probably would have been the better idea, but I work from home and sit in on conference calls and what not whilst riding

same. actually easier than my normal openers, just enough to keep the legs moving. no nutella though.

I think its a good thing I can't have nutella

2x30' tempo later today. Got mildly frisky during the commute in this morning. My last Block of Darkness + VOGP seem to have kickstarted a bit of form for me. And that form is beckoning for me to bury myself over the next week for my last bit of pre-season tuning. Feeling optimistic about the condition I'll have for the big meat of the New England cyclocross season.

gym work today, can't feel my body now...:cry::thumb:

Active recovery day yesterday, so i took the cross bike out for the first time and linked up with some other cross folk. Initial thoughts ... "meh ...". I'll give it another whirl or two, but not certain we're destined for one another. I did enjoy riding on the singletrack en route to the ride though.

So you are being paid to ride a bike, and therefore you are a pro. Awesome!

Ha, I like it! Really though, it's a sad indictment of all the time wasting bloviating that goes on during meetings.

Some of my commutes home have been in the 110s in Garmin temp...

Rest week incoming. Going to go out for a spin with the wife later. At least one of you guys were hoping for an injury, looks like that's not going to happen :P (unless I get hit or crash, which with my recent history may happen!).

I checked out a new group ride this morning. It required me getting up 10 minutes earlier but I really liked it. Longer efforts than my usual Tuesday group ride and less riders. I would like to try it at least once a month. https://www.strava.com/athletes/366617
Then I had time for some extra miles afterwards. It wasn't as stupid hot as it has been here.

I don't want you to get hurt. Identifying risk is a huge part of prevention, not some sick desire to go "I told you so" when disaster strikes . FFS

@furiousferret I may have started this with my "overdoing it" comment earlier - sorry about that.

Just take my perspective for what it's worth: I'm someone else who is also very prone to overuse injury, either my knee or my back, sometimes both. I notice that when I introduce unusual activity and/or ramp up the TSS too quickly, I develop problems, and I ride a lot less than you do.

You seem to be able to keep a higher volume than I do, which is great, if that's what you want to do. During the season, I like to follow the template of: 2x hard interval days, 1 or 2x easy days, 1x long z2 ride on the weekend or group ride. It's good for ~8hrs/week and this summer I almost reached 300w FTP, which is my goal. I'm 155lbs.

Anyway, enough rambling, I just don't want to see you get hurt, because I know how much it sucks to not be able to ride. My back flared up on me three times (!) in the last year, and I now finally feel like I'm getting it under control. Hard to see continual improvement when you have to take a week or more off every few months...

No worries.

My next block is actually going to be very similar to what you are doing....maybe more volume depending how successful this block is (I do like to ride my bike). We weigh about the same and 300 is impressive.

100% of my issues stem from a back hip issue imbalance which creates pressure on the S1 nerve, causing sciatica and my peroneal muscle to engage (which caused the tear in 2011). It was even the cause for my femur issue. One good thing I found out is my ankle pains are more neural than muscular. I could go on for about 5 pages about it, but it is boring stuff. Right now, the condition is the best its ever been in 6 years. I have a standing routine to realign my back, a technique to align my lower back, and a stretch to 'floss the nerves'. I know this stuff probably sounds crazy to most, but they help.

I ended up deleting a paragraph justifying why I trained that way, in the end it doesn't matter. It either works or it doesn't.

word

2', 1', 30" pyramids

Damn it. Home ownership stuff + grocery shopping got in the way. Oh well, at least my house is insulated, now. Cross practice had extra suffering today, as penance for my weakness.