Big loop (for me, right now) in the Sierra foothills. Lack of weights and any real ‘climbing’ work showed on the inclines.
Has me thinking of the next training plan and what I want to tweak to improve this.
Great ride though, and a big relief from wildfire smoke we have been dealing with lately.
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Steady Z2 ride (with a couple Strava segment efforts) out into the countryside for a loop before heading back. Quite happy with my performance on these structureless, fun rides this week. It’s really put my fitness and improvement into perspective after having felt down on myself at the end of specialty as I was failing workouts. A year ago, a ride like this would have been 1-2 mph slower average speed and I’d have felt wrecked by the time I got home. Today, I felt invincible at this pace.
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Race, Fallen Leaves in Sobotka:
Delighted with my performance, but not by my ranking 
Doing ok when the road goes up, doing well when the road goes down.
Getting hammered when the big guys put on the hurt on the flat though.
I need to keep at it, but I might actually revise my nutrition strategy for ALL workouts.
I don’t need to lose that much weight, what I need at the moment is raw power.
Bring it on!
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A relaxed ride into Rutland for me today. I’ve had lunch, watched Gent-Weg and watched the Giro I better get round to this:
If you’re interested in the ride 
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Half Everest yesterday (15k feet). 35 laps of this segment in about 7 hours.
https://www.strava.com/segments/1063887
5x Maurten 320 drink mix
8x Maurten 100 gels
2x SiS gels
Last 15 laps were a little rough with some cramping preventing me for standing out of the saddle, so probably need to think about some electrolytes to supplement the carbs. But overall really happy with the 203 NP over such a long duration.
Planning a full Everest on the same segment about a year from now.
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That’s a pretty big gap between your intervals.icu eFTP and FTP. Is that right?
First decent ride after a week on holiday.
My goal is 100 miles a week so I’m pleased to have managed it this week.
Rode a couple of local streets to make it 80 miles and had to fix a flat 500 yards from home🙄
(Apologies for breaking Rule#49)
Didn’t fancy a walk home in cleats…
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I probably need to retest my last test was in the middle of a knee injury and other sh1t going on. I don’t think TR has me down for another for a few weeks and now its end of season I am not in a rush and may replace it with a non ERG 20min test. My Suito seems too harsh on ERG, that how I think I hurt the knee in the first place.
For the last two-three weeks my e’FTP has been a consistent 293-296w back to where it was pre knee/Sh1t. The eFTP value for me seems more akin to my 20min max at that time.
During that cr@ppy period the e’FTP also seemed more akin to 20min max values, rather than 95% of them.
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I did some World Champs 2017 tourism this weekend, since I’m moving away from Bergen in a few months and might not have many more opportunities:
Mount Fløyen men’s ITT
Been up there a hundred times but never with a bicycle 
The Øygarden part of the men’s road race
Miserable headwind for the first half, which I expected because it’s an island, but which I did not mentally prepare for. Also got half-way across a bridge and then walked the rest of the way because I thought the crosswind was going to toss me into the ocean.
Found some leftover decoration!
Depressingly, that year the women’s parcours were limited to the circuit through downtown Bergen, which I’m sure is lovely when the roads are closed.
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Wow!! That’s so impressive!!
I would have called someone to pick me up! Lol! Nice job @AndyBaggott!
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Wow. Norway looks so beautiful @ellotheth ! I have a Norwegian Fjord pony, but she was bred in the US. It’s funny but Americans seem to like to name Fjord horses Oslo and Bergen.
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They’re everywhere here! From one of my loops:
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Oh!! So cute!!! I’m so jealous, @ellotheth!! I wish we had them everywhere! I don’t know why more people in the US don’t tide them. Such sweet personalities, amazing temperaments and surprising athleticism!
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“Ride them”
Another weather window allowed me to get some single speed work in yesterday. Making the most of it before winter arrives.
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My photography skills leave a lot to be desired!
Every jacaranda tree was heavy with flowers today. If you’re familiar with them you’ll know how amazing it looks when you’re surrounded by a sea of purple.
As a bonus, I also ended up with a load of Strava segment PRs and some TR all time PRs. I’m hoping it’s a sign of things to come with my LV (+ plenty of outdoor rides) plan.
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After targeting my training since Feb for a Gran Fondo and having metrics suggesting I was fit and ready, I wan’t going to exit the year without doing a big ride (last year it was La Marmotte in July, plus the Levi Gran Fondo in October). So today was my solo Gran Fondo.
Final stats: 100.5 miles, 11.9k feet of climbing (four big climbs and some small ones as well), 8:22 of rolling time and 9:35 of clock time. The first two climbs went well and I was thinking sub-8:30 clock time was doable which for me would have been great. But I really struggled with the third and fourth climbs and was thrilled just to finish. Not sure if it was the heat wave here (SF Bay Area), or muscles that weren’t up to snuff, but I’m planning to (finally) focus on strength training during the “off-season” and work on that weakness.
I’m lucky to be able to ride a legitimate Gran Fondo in beautiful surroundings (including a glimpse of the Pacific) that starts and ends in my driveway. And also lucky that my wife met me at a few places on the course with a trunk full of goodies. So overall quite happy with the day.
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