I had a crappy start to the day, I was helping someone by doing a home improvement project that went sideways (one hour turned to four), then the truck got a flat on the way home. So instead of doing the hundred other things I needed to do the rest of the day, I hit the local singletracks. Chalked it up as a mental health day
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Did the Dillier Classic for the first time. Right in my backyard. Power meter decided to not work…. It was 7 times hills. Went out to hard on the first two felt really good. But paid the rest of the way…. Also the heat was hard on me don’t deal well with temps above 30 c.
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I had TR Lerket in my plan tonight and as usual for an outdoors workout I headed down Bullock Rd. My 2nd 11.30 minutes recovery period saw me free wheel dow the short sharp hill to Glatton where I thought I could start the 3rd on interval on the shallow hill leaving the village and finish it on the south Sawtry A1(M) over bridge. I was about a minute wrong though and instead of turning right 180deg onto the old A1 I carried on down the steep hill to the Holme Rd level crossing and turned there 180deg back to the old A1 to finish my final interval going up to the Stilton flyover before heading back to the flat via the new industrial estate and Orton Southgate/Waterville. A bit too warm for me tonight so I decided not to push it 
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Tonight was my usual Wednesday night chaingang (pace line) only two of us could make it though. I think it helped my mate, he usually surges too much chasing wheels and blows up , and despite the strong wind and less time to hide from it he was quite smooth tonight 
I stopped for a quick shot at the end.
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Saw this guy getting tugged around San Diego Bay during a very enjoyable afternoon ride out to the Cabrillo Monument.
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USS Zumwalt, DDG 1000
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I headed down Bullock Rd as usual for an interval session. It worked ou that every interval finished just after where I could have turned so I ended up continuing to the Old Weston/Alconbury Weston turn that meant the workout finished early on the old A1 into a strong headwind. Which can be monotonous so after the cool down I threw in another short session back to the Stilton Flyover. I took the shortest route back to the flat after that.
I still dont know why the call it a Sweetspot workout perhaps its the bits at the end.
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if you don’t complete the sweet spot intervals, then no sweet spots in the muffin!
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Hahah. Just sent you a follow on strava
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One month later, I finally got my bike bag from Spain.
AS described earlier, the Aethos is now trash.
The positives however for me, is that all my other gear the was in the bag showed, that I got pretty lucky still.
I had a hydration back pack with me that day, and that got hit pretty hard:
The fact that it is ripped up like that probably saved me a few scratches on my skin.
More importantly though, I had this mini pump with me (on the outside of the back pack, with the water bladder between spine and pump).
Goes to show that my spine could have hit the ground pretty hard.
Also, my helmet did its thing very well:
Bent out of shape and broken styrofoam.
So, not only did I get very lucky, I also can warmly recommend Specialized Helmets and Evoc Back packs 
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Im glad you seem to have physically escaped that.
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Yeah, the AC separation heals up well. It’s been 2.5 weeks since the surgery and they fixed me up pretty well. I have good mobility and little pain. Just a long way to go back, especially since the joint and ligaments just will need at least another months to heal up, and until then my physio work on it is pretty easy stuff.
I can pedal a bike still, so I can progress on that front again.
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Glad it wasn’t worse! A very close friend (and BMX HoF’r) suffered a life-changing spinal injury in an MTB crash when he landed on a mini pump that was in his hydration pack.
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First hot and humid ride today since being back in GA. Took it easy as it was HOT! Want to go back to the WA rides
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Hard ride at the velodrome yesterday so today was just about meandering around. The next town over has been upgrading the waterfront parks and trails so checked them out. It was a hazy day out on the lake, and it smelt pretty swampy too.
I had thought I’d do laps of a local segment that’s close to home, but I got bored after 4. Afterwards I went to check out the local legend on the segment and it looks like it’s a fellow TR user! Kudos to him for going round that loop that many times.
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I saw that jersey on the website and wondered how it looked on a real person. I like it! Looks good.
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Franklin County, Maine, USA
I prolonged my last block of build to push recovery week to coincide with vacation. I’m back in Maine and only brought my gravel wheels so I could hit the dirt again. This is only my second gravel ride, and I enjoy it, but I think I’d like it more on a dedicated gravel bike instead of my road bike. The deep washboards were rough on 31mm tires, and I tend to ‘baby’ my road bike so hearing the chain slap the chain stay made me quite nervous, even with helicopter tape (there were no marks or damage). Maybe I’m trying to make the case for N+1 in my head, too. Still lots of fun!
Squeezed the ride in between passing storms.
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Spotted this “art installation” (?!) on yesterday’s ride through Mission Bay Park in San Diego. I assume they chose this location because it was visible from the Interstate 5 freeway but I had a hard enough time reading it on my bike that I doubt anyone could make it out at freeway speeds.
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All rapha for me. I got the other color as well but liked this one better. Just a note on this the white stripe is strategically placed to show your pecs (well you know) if you don’t wear a base layer. I always do but the other one is dark so no base layer needed.
I had a credit from a Colin Strickland aero I had they gave me when the whole situation went down.
Follow me on Strava if you want and will follow back.
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Yeah, when I saw all the models were dark skinned, I definitely wondered if it was see through. The base layer does a good job there.
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