Cardio (Strada/Tacx) 1:03:17 30.5 km (2:04 / km) +261m1:59 / km ahr:149 max:156 shoes: D2 2D action blue road
Zwift Ride to Conquer cancer with Mike Woods
This started much faster than I expected with people trying to stick with Woods. When I realized that was what was going on I backed off and stayed with a smaller group.
They were still going harder than I wanted to after a strong ride yesterday, so about a third of the way in I paired up with another rider going a more comfortable pace. She fell away on a late climb and I took an easy last 5km - everyone behind stubbornly refused to catch up.
I had booked 90 minutes so FN and I could play some of th ecourse the PGA is at. She wasn’t able to make it. I almost had to walk because it was too cold (I hope that’s all it is) for my car to start. Luckily I have a spare. I just had to clean it off and move my stuff...except my shoes, which I was going to forget regardless.
So, I golfed alone in my Sorels. I scored badly on the first few holes. Once I got used to boots, and how my elbow was going to behave, and generally remembered how to set up and swing smoothly, I started scoring better. I played bogie golf for the back 9 with 1 par, 1 double and a bunch of bogies. That’s always been the best I could play. I just do it from red tees now instead of white.
I didn’t slice all day. A gentle fade (10 yards or so) wasn’t uncommon. Direction was off a few degrees from time to time, but I wasn’t going to worry about that hitting into a white screen with nothing to really aim at.
Practiced a bit of my short game after finishing the course and then left to get to the noon start of the Zwift Tour finale.
11 AM
Cardio (Strada/Tacx) 1:00:02 34.1 km (1:46 / km) +269m1:42 / km ahr:157 max:165 shoes: D2 2D action blue road
Zwift tour stage 8 group A
Huge group today. Double the typical size. That let me stay with the main group for the first half. Then I settled back into a smaller group for an interval. It splinted on a climb and I was solo for a couple of kilometers before joining up with a 6 pack for the last 5km.
I did have enough energy to pass 20 or so people on the climb finish.
Good workout and I match my Zwift 20 minute best power.
Pre market suggests I should stay home until I can sell the last of my Meta shares...then book a vacation.
3 PM
Note
Deliberate rest day, triggered in part by deciding I didn’t want to ski in the high winds expected with the cold front.
Made some changes in my portfolio: less US technology (to meet my target US exposure), created some cash for 2024 RRSP withdrawals (and 2025 expenses).
Made some Clafoutis (never tried it before).
Followed up on a couple of appointments that seem reluctant to happen.
Day 2 Gym My radio was frozen this morning, so none of the controls on it or my steering wheel worked. Of course, I punched a bunch of buttons. When the car warmed up, pulling into the parking lot, it started to process e dry button that had been pushed - it was kind of funny to watch.
11 AM
Cardio (Strada/Tacx) 1:18:16 35.8 km (2:11 / km) +319m2:06 / km ahr:150 max:161 shoes: D2 2D action blue road
Zwift Tour stage 7 group A
I started off with a nice sized group, but about 1/3 of the way in, I lost my internet connection and couldn’t maintain that power level while trying to fix it. When I got back on track, I had lost a bunch of places, so started clawing that back in a tiny group.
I got about half my lost places back when I lost my connection again, and fell back through everyone I had passed. It was hard to get motivated to push through again, so I cruised along with one other ride for a good bit, then on a long descent, we started to pick up a little group and got a good pace going. Riders were to strung out to gain many positions, but I finished with a little spurt away from everyone.
Translation of my bike names: Big Unit: 29er mountain style 1 speed, usually set with free wheel hub because gearing is to small for my legs to keep up on down hills.
Goldie: gold fixie built on a KHS frame.
Greenspeed: X5 steers like a go cart and is the most fun you can have on a pushie. It is a bit to short to be road safe.
Smokie: Specialized road bike: S Works SL2, full dura ace, Zipp 404
Stumpjumper: what the name says, S Works version
Cross Bike: This is a Wilier Cross bike my wife bought me as a spare. I run it with knobby tires and egg beaters in winter and for summer switch it to road tires and speedplay zeros. It has a less aggressibe setup than Smokie.
Vinnie: mid 80s mountain bike. No suspension. Mostly original parts, though I changed the bottom bracket and replaced the pedals that had smashed into too many rocks and curbs. I use this as a dirty bike - bad weather, rides the roof of the car to far away places and generally gets all manner of abuse.
I'm not currently using any of my other bikes for training. I have a write up comparing these, a BikeE and a Bachetta that you can read using the link below. The Bikes Long Version