Unintentional impact of doubling down on FasCat and outside workouts Outdoor training on flat terrain? - #10 by WindWarrior while providing TR servers with some electricity savings 
Hope you heal up soon!! Take care.
It just took one atmospheric river and a couple drizzly days to turn my local trails green again.
I kinda prefer the flowier stuff that I have to drive to, but itâs starting to get muddy on those trails so chunky rocks will have to do!
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RIP:
16 minutes into my workout, with 1800 miles on the 32c 5000 TR rear tire and itâs dead.
Pro tip: Vittoria Air-Liners work as advertised!
^ looking back at the overpass that has taken its toll on so many tires.
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Oh no!!! I hope you made it back home safely!
My wife owed me and itâs only 5 minutes by car 
I got a pretty big gash yesterday, from a screw or nail or something, and thought I could get one more ride before my rest day tomorrow.
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What a great wife!! Sorry about the tire!
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Did some z2 and then hopped onto the âSloths & Donutsâ ride
for a bit and caught up with cycling friends I havenât seen in awhile.
Super foggy for the first hour, and then the sun came out.
Havenât been on the canal in awhile, always nice to put down some steady miles and not worry about traffic.
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Warmed up enough to be comfortable outside (40F/4C). The Mississippi River at the confluence with the Minnesota River (looking upstream)
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Lots of turkeys as usual, and had to pull out my phone for the horses:
A lot of horse properties out here, usually donât see them on the road.
Nice and easy start to a rest week:
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Some early morning cow bell from earlier this week in a light rain. âHello, Ladies!â didnât get a reaction, so I tried âMorga,â âMorgan,â and âGrĂźezi,â which also didnât impress them.
And some trail and gravel time this morning.
There seems to be a new regular Iâve now seen on the trail several times: a grandmother-looking lady out of central casting in a blue puffy jacket and carrying a flashlight that looks like the kind youâd take camping in the 1980s.
Snow is forecast for this weekend, but I donât expect a lot of white stuff to stick but I do expect a lot of wet trails and soggy leaves. Weâll seeâŚ
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Iâm super impressed you ride in those conditions. I picked up cycling while in Florida so anything below 65F seems cold to me.
Little loop to Newquay and back yesterday afternoon, on the last day of my short Cornwall trip.
Weather was amazing for this time of year. The amount of steep hills was fun / annoying in equal measure. Made for slow progress.
I had a good go at the climb out of Mawgan Porth nabbing second in my Strava weight class (200 to 224 lbs).
Notably the KoM for that hill is held by Chris Opie (pro and ex GCN presenter).
After that effort I wasnât motivated to push it on as itâs supposed to be my ârestâ week 
Beautiful countryside help distract me from sore legs.
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As a native of Southern California, yup, below 65 F (or even below 70F!) was cold. Get below 50 and whoa, bundle up for a hard winter. I also remember walking along the Venice (Los Angeles, not Italy) boardwalk before New Yearâs Day and seeing all the crazy people from Michigan or wherever (supporters U of Michigan, or whatever other team, in town for the Rose Bowl) in shorts and t-shirts enjoying the âwarmâ weather we were bundled up against. But you get accustomed to the cold⌠Several years ago when we were back in LA for Christmas and visiting Manhattan Beach, the kids were playing in the ocean and building sand castles, I was in shorts and flip flops that I had to buy because I willfully didnât bring such attire. Then we got ice cream at the place at the corner Manhattan Ave and Manhattan Pier Ave and as we sat outside it dawned on me, as I watched people walk buy in winter coats and jeans why I didnât bring shorts: because âLA meâ knew it was cold. Then-London me though thought it was warm and I was baking in long trousers. Itâs all relative and you eventually adjust, usually and maybe not always willingly.
@dsirrom great pics.
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So true. When I was in FL I didnât think twice about riding in 110+ heat index - just put on sunscreen and bring two bottles for every hour of riding.
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As a native of Michigan that enjoyed winter camping I was always puzzled by parkas in SoCal when temps were above 61F / 16C.
Tonightâs 1 hour ride started at 68F and ended at 50F.
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Apologies it wasnât actually todayâs ride, today was a travel day, the 6.25 days before that were actual riding.
Day 0 I arrived in Tenerife before noon and was desperate to build my bike and test it. Check in wasnât allowed till 3pm which spat me out in Rush Hour traffic so I just went round the block.
Day 1 - There wasnât a guide available but the tour company hooked me up with another rider. He was a bike salesman (KONA) and was super strong and totally burnt the legs off me till near the top of Teide. Near the top was where I could go into the 52 and I was burning the legs off him. It only lasted about 20miles though, as soon as we went down he was a much more confident descender than me. He was also better prepared clothes wise than I. My gilet features often as I only took one not expecting so many descents or the need for armwarmers (thankfully I had packed Armskins for future days after this).
When I got back to the Hotel my Garmin said I needed 3days to recover; I ignored that.
Day 2 we were led by a guide to the East coast and a bit of a flatter ride (well for the Canaria anyway). We were chasing the guide to the coast which was just under 16mph which was fine when it was stuff I could handle in the 52t but on the way back I dropped to the 34t and was well of their pace.
Day 3 - The bike salesman had to go home which meant a much more sedate ride for me up Teide west side. Where I discovered my well off his pace was a lot faster than everyone else pace.
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That sign again !
Day 4 - Was just me chasing the guide which was fine when I was in the 52t but I was still turning the 34t at the pace Iâd turn a 36t so was well off his pace.
We stopped at a cafe and I ordered what turned out to be their âSpecial Omeletteâ. I just saw lots of bits my body was craving. I think it was âSpecialâ as in contained EPO as it restored my energy big time. But maybe itâs just because it was again a 52t ride after that.
Day 5 - I joined another group which took the bus out passed where we cycled to yesterday and a famous climb (Masca). It was a good recovery for me as I was able to ride circa 70% and easily be faster than the others. Not as fast as Kwiatkowski though. He did the climb in 14.41 and I a 28.32. I was held up by traffic and was pacing myself for the next 2days. I am sure if I got a clear run and went flat out the KOM would be mine
Day 6 - was one last ride up Teide. I was the only person (other than the guide) who made it the whole way to the top but it was in strong winds and was really dreich. We waited for 20 minutes and instead of getting cold we got in another 5 miles and they still hadnât appeared. Turned out they had given up and went home 
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Pisgah on Thanksgiving morning, DuPont the day after. Maybe Pisgah again Saturday.
