Good effort!.. i’m still only back to 95
Another Zwift race today… i’ve started picking the longer ones… they’re tough though!
Truthfully, i’m really enjoying them… its a proper workout… the pace seems to be a ‘bit’ more sensible than the short stuff, but you do have to stay on it from start to finish…today’s was 1.5hrs at 85% FTP average, with a few burst well over FTP… so not crazy, but enough that your legs know about it afterwards.
Hmm, if I look at training status on my Garmin and scroll down I get a summary with a 7 day load of 1047, whatever that is.
But, it does seem to be in the optimal range, apart from the fact I don’t record everything 
Tripped over a dog.
Not the first time I’ve “encountered” a dog, but the first time one has taken me down. Not the fellas fault really, but no harm done to either party.
Tempo run (1) around the duck pond at lunch, cut short due to tumble, and general feebleness. 5km
Tempo run (2) fairly hard 6.5k on treadmill, 8km total.
Hydro class 45mins, Watch using Swim.com app probably didn’t catch it all ~1900m
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5 miles at zone2 this morning. Nice and easy.
still sick 
I had entered the 9pm Tour De Zwift ride, but for some unknown reason trainer, laptop and HR monitor all failed to connect, so despite getting on the turbo 30 minutes before the race, I still missed the start. Almost an hour later, I had sorted out the technology, and on the 3rd attempt found a HR monitor that worked (It appears that my normal Turbo Trainer HR monitor and my normal exercise HRM both decided to have flat batteries at the same time). The next TdZ was scheduled for 11pm, so decided to do a 90 minute Zone 2 Zwift session followed by TdZ stage 3.
TdZ was 43km with 645m virtual elevation. Despite being knackered by my previous FTP elevating session on Sunday, I managed to get onto the lead pack (with the usual 400-500w first 3 minutes), as usual the pack slowly disintegrated, leaving just 17 of us, power around 300w. Then with just 10km to go I got dropped. I had a lead of 1m23s on the chase pack, and spent the next 15 miuntes trying to keep them behind… I crossed the line with the chase pack just 6s behind me. Annoyed to get dropped, but the legs just weren’t there anymore. Pretty please with 17th place out of 800 riders, and AP of 288w over 1h10m was still pretty good. Finally got to bed at 1am
7am was back on the bike, this time a real one, for a pretty cold commute. It was -6 degrees, but totally dry, so little risk of ice. Legs still very heavy, combined with cold made it a slow ride in, with an AP of 180w for 1h8m (35km), but strangely enjoyable. Winter clothing did the job well, initially fingers were a little cold, but fine once blood was flowing.
Just after I arrived a work it started to snow. Hopefully won’t be too bad for ride home
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I also tend to go for the longer ones, anything over 45km is about right. Done one 105km race, which was also good, I got into a group of around 5-6 bikes, and we had a good social interaction on chat, while riding at a slightly more normal pace
The owners, it was the owners…
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Bloody hell, Top stuff. I’d would have struggled to get to sleep after that. Always find it hard after evening training rides
Don’t you mean 25 hours?!
Your the person to correct that…!
I probably won’t do it all… were going as a HMPS team.
Sounds like fun …!
The third person…
I usually plod or at least pace it past dogs, but I was hammering it to stick to the plan which didn’t help…and is the factor that meant I went over rather than simply be slowed down. I don’t really hate dogs 
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Glad to hear your ok and don’t hate dogs really…!
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I was riding XC with a mate crawling up a hill on SDW. Came across a woman with a largish dog she couldn’t control but was thankfully on a lead.
Dog was going mental and the lady said: “ooh he doesn’t like cyclists” and I replied “That’s OK, I don’t like dogs, so we’re even”
My mate was laughing hard, lady wasn’t impressed!
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I’m a big dog fan and I’ve had my run in with a fair few dogs. I blame the owners. Got chased by a happy little fucker in the bike. Went full Cavendish to get away (sprinted not crashed). Nearly garotted by a long lead. Basset hound bit my ankle as I ran past. Got my shoe though. Rotewieller try to say hello as I ran past, he was being friendly but some poo came out.
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Burning the candle at both ends Matt! Are you on cocaine 
Matt sp-BOONEN! 
I’d have been sleeping a separate bed/dog house for a few nights if I’d have pulled a stunt like that.
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Wife in UK until Friday.
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