170 tss gravel ride Saturday, 3 hours pretty much on the dot. Tons of time in the SS range. A solid 14 minute PR effort on a segment, had to rest leaning on the bars after that one. Got the PR. One minute off on a top 10 for a pretty hotly used section.
This ride, absent worrying about cars and able to just ride and loop in the huge park........I was pondering the thoughts: "why do I care what people think", "do I really enjoy the type race I try to do", "what actually brings me joy on the bike".
I even had the brief thought of just tracking on TP for a while without Strava. But, I do enjoy chasing PR's and using them to gauge improving my gravel handling skills (nonexistent).
We'll see where these thoughts go. Paz es de todas las cosas humanas, la mayor felicidad.