Our ride leader said he fancied a change from the regular training route and suggested heading for Rutland. I certainly wasn’t complaining 
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A bit more relaxed Sunday ride today, again out into Rutland. Peterborough-Helpston-Great Casteron-Oakham-Brooke-Ridlington-Wing-South Luffenham-Kings Cliffe-Starbucks (other cafes are available 
). I did give it a couple of efforts on the way back.
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Some nice z2 rides yesterday and today in Stockholm, Sweden 
Looks way warmer than it is…
Yesterday:
Today:
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Another ride of wild gravel action. The new tires are great fun and work for everything but deep mud or sand.
Also, snatched a few KOMs🥳
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@bbarrera @Aeroiseverything
Thank you guys for these posts - Now I can feel like I was living in the Alps! This is my hilly ride
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It was supposed to be a rest day for me but it was also the May day bank holiday and after the year we’ve had I took the opportunity to socialise.
The ride start initially was far from my flat but at 10am, which gave me plenty of time. Then it got pulled forward. Lol, once I had hastily got ready it started to slip back and in the end ended up closer to my flat and at the original time. I could have had an extra hour in bed 
The ride went approximately Peterborough (Lynchwood) - Elton-Wansford-Kingcliffe-Blatherwyke-Oundle-Polebrook-Folksworth-Peterborough (Hampton).
A sensible person would have left it there and went straight home to avoid the forecasted storm. I am not sensible though When one of my mates suggested going for a coffee I agreed and came back by his place as I was wet already.
Annoyingly there are temporary traffic lights on the main road and rather than waiting in the cold rain. I kept on moving down Fletton High Street only to have a behemoth right hook me and slam on his brakes as the road was too narrow. It’s ok as my bike has anti lock brakes which are effective in heavy rain (jerk) 
Lol, finally had a look at the bike and it looks like the tubeless tyre is finally worn out but after 7-8000 miles, no p’tures, it’s had a good innings
New tyre fitted
The logo doesn’t match the stem but hey ho 
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VO2 Monday
I have been doing most of my VO2 workouts on flat sections with a focus on leg speed, but today I opted for some mixed cadence work on a small “hill”. The RPE of doing VO2 work on a hill versus on the flats is so much higher.
No power PR’s today, going for repeatability. Banked a solid 19 min @ 91% or higher HRmax. 
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First Ever Century! - 6 Pillars
Those winds were brutal (20 mph) but we had a very strong crew riding together from our local bicycling club (So I was REALLY very fortunate). I couldn’t keep up at about the 80 mile mark but I finished, which is the important part.
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Well done. I live in northern Virginia and it was brutally windy on Saturday. Great job!
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Thanks!
Did some 2 min jobbers on Saturday:
Felt like I left an interval or two on the road. So tonight it seemed appropriate to pick it up off the road and lay it down with a little wind assist. Gassed it just enough for 2:12 at just a little above the average power from Saturday’s trio and crossed my fingers hoping for the best (I don’t have Strava segments on my bike computer). Was staring at 32mph for a good bit, so was pleased to see this:
90F / 32C when I hit the segment and then a couple hot threshold intervals:
Now it turns out somebody created that segment in 2020 on what I used to affectionately call “Pavé Secteur 1” until it was repaved earlier this year. And unbeknownst to me until recently, I held the KOM from a ride in 2017. About two weeks ago 2 guys went out and targeted it (rest of ride looked zone2-ish), so it seemed appropriate to return the favor but not go all-out and ruin the 2 threshold intervals on tonight’s plan.
WKO bumped my estimated ftp to 256W and a bunch of 3+ year power PRs from 1:48 to 2:40. Not too shabby for holding back and not going all-out. Only 14W from all-time 2-min best from 4 years ago. 
Theme song: Nirvana’s unplugged cover of the Meat Puppets’ Lake of Fire
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Morning road quickie to get out before the high wind comes and the rain returns. While in the saddle I kept thinking of “flat-earthers” like @bbarrera starting when I looked down at the computer at just before 3mi 
I kept it reined in on the downhills because the wind was picking and because the rear (wheel) was feeling squishy, which sapped my confidence to push the winding narrow two-way descent. It was cool at 11C but with a warmish sun.
Now for lunch…
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Very first organized group ride yesterday! Apparently Trondheim has a WILDLY active cycling community, there were 45 people in 5 groups for just one club. I went in the beginner group and they taught us to run a chain gang, it was very exciting 
There was some sort of virtual time trial happening on the route, so we were constantly being passed by very fast people with very loud disc wheels. And a guy on a recumbent. With deep-section wheels.
(I’m second wheel, blue jacket)
It was almost entirely flat as a pancake, so the 15km to get to (and from) the start point was the most strenuous part of the ride.
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Huh, are folks like you and @ellotheth still wearing bib tights and jackets?
No joke it was 90F / 32C as I left the neighborhood and someone was walking in long pants and wearing a jacket. I’ve seen that in Southern California at 70F / 21C but never above 80F.
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https://www.instagram.com/p/COP5512huUR/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
It was cold, but I had to get it out of my system. For the past six months or so, I have solely trained indoors with no session longer than 150 minutes (weekday cap 90min, weekend 2-2,5 hours)
I was extremely positively surprised I was able to survive such long rides, and also strive! I had this fear that after 4 hours my wheels would just fall off, I would bonk and die of hypothermia. In the end, all went quite well. Looking forward to my first 400k this year.
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Friday: rest
Saturday: 45 min ride with openers, snowed on 1st of May)
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Average temp for that ride was 41F / 5C (starting at 6, dropping to 3), with wind and no sun. I was literally shivering on the bike because the pace was too low to generate enough body heat to stay warm 
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