Of Mice and Marathons

AM: 2 hours on the trainer. 

Dirty Mitten Racing League Stage 2

73' @ 287 Watts, 174 BPM

Solid race. 4th for the Cs, so I felt decent about that. I chased, but the leaders were too far off. Decently happy with the effort. Probably could have pushed a little bit, but I am trying to push just to hit numbers and race.

Lunch: 60' on the trainer. 136W. HR 105. 

It was nice to get in a recovery ride after class.

Lunch: 60' on the trainer.

20' FTP Test

It didn't go well. These are so hard. I Lost confidence and kind of lost my head this day. Things were already trending downhill. Just have to go with where I am at. I think my FTP from TrainerRoad is set way too high anyway. 311 Watts @ 177 BPM. About 320 watts for the first half and around 300 for the second half. I knew I couldn't hold the suggested 330-340, but I thought maybe I could do 320-325 as I had done an interval somewhat recently around 310-319 for 10' or so in the middle of an interval session. Not the case.

Evening: 90' on the trainer. 219W. HR 139.

3 x 8' Sweet Spot: 275 (155), 276 (157), 279 (160).  

These were a good deal easier with about a 10 % drop in FTP, but solid effort. Feels about right anyway.

Lunch: 60' on the trainer. 193W. HR 130.

Anxiety and mental health have been challenging the last 7-10 days. Struggling.

AM: 60' on the trainer. 181W. HR 138.

Dirty Mitten Racing League Climb Portal Stage 

Tried to get after it, but I didn't get a power-up or any drafting, so I was shy of trying to chase the 12:33 I set out to try to take down. Managed 329 watts for 13:11 @ 176 BPM.

Anxiety increasing today. Starting to get unmanageable. Tried to call to get a doctor's appointment, but I called too late. Oh well. I'll call Monday.

AM/Lunch: 3 hours 31' on the trainer. 232W. HR 157.

Did the Mega Pretzel in Watopia on Zwift. I had about a 4-hour ride planned, but with the TSS around 225-250, so I figured that wouldn't get quite at 4 hours given that I had some efforts. I ended up doing a long sweet spot effort and a shorter one, though I guess technically they are both long. The first one ended up being an hour because I was using a hill segment, but got confused as it didn't record or the route changed from what was planned. Anyway, ended up doing a full hour @ 275 watts (166 BPM) and another 32' @ 278 watts (168 BPM).

Mental health has been a bit rough the last few days, today in particular. Megan took the boys to see her parents to give me some time to myself, which was welcomed. The boys have just been spectacularly awful. Couple that with one of them throwing fits at the start of school and one who had to partially be put under to have some fillings done, it has been a bit of a week. 

I am trying to catch up on my blogging. Starting to fall behind again.