Of Mice and Marathons

PM: 2 hours on the fatbike @ Orion Oaks. HR 158.

Conditions were slower than I hoped, so it was kind of a slog in places. But the conditions should improve over the next few days with some packing down I think. I am not sure if I will back out during the week as most of my outdoor rides will likely be back on the weekends, with many weeks likely inside. The fatbike segment race series starts this week, so I am looking forward to that. Tried to find some studded tires, but they seem to be all out everywhere I look (at least for the particular tire combination I need.

Up and down day mentally. I think mostly just impending semester stress. Headed to be early tonight to get myself well rested. 

The winter fatbike series started today, though the segement was released only in the evening. By the time get back out I imagine the roads will be all ice.

AM: 60' on the trainer (Zwift). 77W. HR 98.

Recovery ride, which seems easier to do on Zwift, but could probably just take TrainerRoad workouts and take it out of ERG mode.

Did some light prep for coursework on Wednesday. Decent day overall, slightly irritable, but not overly anxious as I recall. 

AM/Lunch: 3 miles on the treadmill. HR 132.

Felt good to just really plod. 

+ Ancillary work.

Did pullups and pushups between doing some hip and core work. It was a productive 20' session.

AM: 60' on the trainer (Pettit). 170W. HR 141.

PM: 60' on the trainer (Zwift). 142W. HR 134. 

AM/Lunch: 90' on the trainer (Townsend). 170W. HR 137.

PM: 60' on the trainer (Zwift). 155W. HR 135.

Rode through a London tube station. It's a neat game/exercise interface. Watched CNN for a bit before turning to some cooking shows. We got a dusting of snow. Still going back and forth about doing the segment. I might do it tomorrow in the morning or maybe the afternoon when the boys are at their friends. 

AM: 90' on the trainer (Phoenix -3). 190W. HR 144.

The boys went over to our friends' for a little while in the afternoon. 

PM: 90' on the fat bike. HR 172.

Today was the right choice to do the first segment in the winter fat bike race series. Unfortunately, everyone was out and everyone was passing me. Good to see a few people I knew. 

The roads were in very solid shape, so I rode there. It was an insanely hilly segment. My buddy Mike passed me and told me my tire was low, which I knew. It seemed to get worse, so I stopped and hit it with some CO2, which apprently is something you are supposed to do in the winter (I missed that physics lesson I guess). I used my small hand pump but nothing seemd to work. I had a tube but was done for the day. Called Megan and she loaded up the boys. This is why I don't ride outside that much. Oh well. I was starting to get very cold and was starting to get pretty out of it by the time she got there. 

I managed to finish the segment, which I thought I missed, but paid huge time penalties for stoppage.