What is all of this portal stuff???
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Not really sure, I log in so randomly now but the last couple of times there have been extra routes that you ride through a portal to climb. The road is coloured depending on steepness and just goes up into the sky and back again.
They are route badges though.
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Had a bit of a rest from sport last week and visited Munich for a few days. Munich was lovely as always, although we were on our feet for about 4-5hrs a day. Anyway, been back at it since Sunday. Today is the first day itās finally a bit cooler, had 32C all week, which made Monday quite challengingā¦
Sun: 21km hike 509m vert
Mon: 40km hike 1062 m vert
Tues: rest
Wed: 18km run/hike 433m vert
Thurs: 18km run/hike 433 vert
Going climbing later today and will run again on Saturday so I get about 100km for the week. Really pleased with getting over 2000m vert for the week, or rather the 2000m worth of downhills - quads are finally getting stronger 
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Hour bike
Hour swim
Exactly the same as yesterday.
All zone 2 stuff and calf is slowly getting better.
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Thatās a high volume week Anna, excellent 
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Went for a swim. Mostly to see how my shoulder would be. It felt ok, a bit of discomfort but not enough to stop me swimming properly.
Mixed it up with some breaststroke so as not to over do it.
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Have you clocked many swims on Strava? I gave an internal āWoahā when I saw that.
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Not in the last few years. Used to be 3x week @ 3.3-4km a session. Probably why my shoulders been so fucked recently
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Thanks FP, last big week before my 100km walk in two weeks
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Thurs - strength work and 7 mile run 
Frid - 5 mile run
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I was kinda sulking this week as had dull hamstring ache all week. Not painful, just there. Stopped lower limb cardio for a while and still there.
Tue swim, 50 metre intervals total 1 mile. Shoulders not too happy, again, slight dull ache, maybe I need to drop the distance for a while.
Thu lost the will, and for my mental health and sanity ran up to the radar and back, about 50 minutes. Being out, running, hill running, up in the clag at 2400 feetā¦ ahhhhhh, thatās better 
Yesterday AM 2.5 x hill reps increasing gear for each one. About 1 hour 40 total - saw one of the resident short-eared owls which is always a bonus. Cycling in the clag is somewhat pesky as the damp gets onto eyeware, then youāre not sure whether itās your eyesight, the damp on eyeware, or the clag that inhibits sight for further than 6 feet 
Anyway, job done by 745 which was great. Fought off the body urge to scoff 6 x Pain au chocolat and instead ate a healthy breakfast. It was about 6 degrees and seemed to take me about 3 hours to warm up again. Autumn gear could be saying hello very soon 
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4km jog at 5:04/km
Ankle didnāt feel terrible.
But not great either.
HumidAF here
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23km including a very leisurely 28.00 Parkrun.
Was meant to be more but had some drama.
Will type more when Iām home in another thread.
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60 mile round trip for 3 minutes of climbingā¦ to tick off no.5 on midlands climb (only 70 to go)
I honestly have no idea how the 8,9,10/10 are physically possible.
This hill was fineā¦ Till very quickly it wasnāt. Double digit stuff I just donāt seem to be able to deal with.
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Whatās the screen grab from?
I donāt normally buy appsā¦but thought it might get me riding different places a bit moreā¦
Was mentioned on forum previously
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First swim for 2023 in the bag!
25 minutes. Nothing strenuous. Probably 400 metres tops. After a parkrun, which is my excuse for it being so short. Will try to progress.
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That used to be on a road race circuit 
You come down it on Staffs70.3 then do a stupid LH turn before the hill stops.
What are the other ones?
Winnats Pass?
Beeley Moor etc?
In the days before Strava, BikeRadar did a sportive from Castle Donington ā¦ we cycled out, rode the 100 mile sportive, rode home. It was like every hill in Derbyshire
Larkstone Lane, Ilam Moor, Longshaw Estate, Sir William Hill ā¦ it was bloody stupid! Much better to not know and just do it
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Slept. 3 hours on the sofa last night. 9 hours in bed. 2 hours on the sofa this morning. And another hours snooze on the sofa just now.
If only theyād make it a competitive sport - Iād actually be good at something.
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Think this might be the first day of August itās actually been calm windwise round here - 63k up through the hills for me today. A 40th tonight and a hangover and Chinese tomorrow.
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