Training Log: veinbuster

I can’t remember a month in southern Ontario with this many -20C days.

Still better than the north where I remember going 20 days without getting above -20.

Zwift Tempus Fugit age ride

I planned to keep the power down today and consider it a success to have maxed at 218 watts. For the sprints and TT, I just tried to avoid setting a new worst time (Zwift records last 30 days).

A bit more time in the 150s bpm than I planned, but it felt like a good tempo effort.

Age rides: 47 outside, 15 inside

Day 2 soloflex and free weights

After taking advantage of low hydro rates to do day time laundry, I opted to play in the snow before it became blocks of ice.

I thought I would take a shot at making some happy faces. The first was more a grimace, but lesson learned. It was tricky at times to try to balance making a single line with the moderate wind.

A small group caught me finishing one and played 20 questions about snow shoes. One of them seemed keen on renting a pair.

I went to a nice open space to try a more artful face, which was fun, even if no one sees it.

Then I finished trying to get a scale that would show as a face on my GPS track. To get the look right, I think I would have to stop and start the GPS so there was only a single line, otherwise covering the same ground looks to scratchy. I tried sunglasses, but got the scale wrong for the face.

Not much distance in the hour, but the snow was deep and is now quite heavy. And I packed down the Turkey Trot for the girl next door who comes home that way in the winter.

Cleaned up the drive and my stairs off the timer - Mrs would not approve of me cracking my skull because I was lazy and let the stairs become an ice sheet.

C • Happy Faces! 1

Procrastinating on moving the snow plow mound from the driveway, though I will need to go out today or tomorrow.

Day 1 soloflex and free weights
Only 45 minutes of shoveling today

There was more snow on my walkway for round to than what I shoveled in the morning. Oura says 2:41 total time. I didn’t shovel the stair because my compression came unglued.

Round one of snow removal.
2cm fell on my front walk while I cleared off half the driveway and the sidewalk.
Oura says I was out for 1:20. Probably another hour and a bit to finish up.
The back should be good for snow shoes.

Up to -17C when I got up. And still air like we’re supposed to have for that temperature.

Zwift Tempus Fugit age ride

I wasn’t sure how long I would ride, but did mean to take it fairly easy - meaning heart rate not going over 150.

But a giant pace group went by as soon as the scene came up, so I thought I would take a short at catching it. Little chance from a dead stop with cold legs.

Then I got seduced by some new personal bests and ran the effort up enough to PB the long stretch (7.1km)...twice.

The rest of the time I just tried to maintain a decent cadence with a comfortable power level. That resulted in a good pace for the distance and I’m pretty happy that my heart consistently recovered fast enough to end up with less than 20 minutes over 149bpm.

Age rides: 47 outside, 14 inside