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I wasn't sure I was going to be able to get a ride in this morning, but opted to ride down to San Diego for my in-laws birthday. As soon as I got up, I could tell it would be one helluva cold ride this morning feeling the coldness even within the confines of my home. Stepping out into the garage to gather some things, it really hit me how cold it was and all I kept thinking of was that scene in Dumb & Dumber where they climbed up the mountains on a scooter with snots frozen snots where I wondered if I would look like that upon my arrival.
I had planned to ride down alone, but thankfully Todd and Shannon accommodated and created a route where they could get in some partial miles with me during their century TT trainer today. They would start in Ladera and swing by my pad and then escort me down to Las Pulgas while we worked on rotations. Sweet! It's always more fun to suffer...I mean ride with team mates.
Promptly, Todd and Shannon arrived just in time for a 7 a.m. departure and I did my best to mask how I was freezing my ass off. I had donned 3 layers on top (long sleeve compression base, hydration pack base, and my jersey) and opted to wear leg warmers rather than my compression pants underneath my bib (way more comfortable for the taint...yay). Full gloves, shoe covers, and a head cover finished out the ensemble and I was good to go. Todd and Shannon were also pretty geared up for the weather as well with Shannon even wearing a face cover. With how my face felt on the first part of the ride, I was definitely wishing I had one too. While it didn't take long to warm up, my hands stayed pretty frozen for half of the ride.
Working with Todd and Shannon, it was another outing where we once again got to work on our rotations. I know I was doing my best to be mindful of power output (I'm REALLY becoming a fan of having a Power Tap) where I would try to hold a certain wattage during my pulls, but doing so is a little more difficult given the conditions. Lack of wind or tail wind, hills, etc., made it hard to keep the group together, so I think I need to get better at figuring this out for sure if we're going to succeed in January. The irony though is I sometimes think I'm not working hard enough despite the power readings, so this is something I'll have to overcome in the next few weeks.
It was great working with the guys all the way to Las Pulgas, so admittedly I was bummed to think that I was on my own after that. I was bummed both because I wouldn't get the miles they were getting in plus I wouldn't get to hang with them after. It's what I live for cycling-wise.
The good thing about being on my own after separating from the others was that I was now forced to work more and not have any more "breaks" within a rotation, which hopefully would keep me warm. I had brought more fluids than I would normally take to San Diego on my solo rides down because I wanted the weight for the training, but it also came in handy as I had fluids/calories throughout the whole ride and never once even felt like popping.
I kept a pretty good clip as I made my way through North San Diego and had a few riders latch on for a little bit. I was being very good about monitoring my power output on the way down, which was again...awesome, but as soon as someone latched on, I didn't mind kicking it up a bit just to test out their grit. Unfortunately, the 3 who did latch on weren't too gritty. I popped them off both on straights and up hills, so I didn't discriminate. HA HA. One guy passed me at one point right after the light going up into downtown Encinitas like he was trying to prove something, so I returned the favor just as soon as we got on the straight by Swamis. BAM!
I still had a lot of fluids left in my hydration pack, so I took a big swig just before making my way up Mira Mesa Boulevard heading toward my in-laws house. It sucked that I kept hitting light after light, but despite this was able to achieve PRs over times when I was on a road bike. After getting through the lights where it flattened out some, I opened it up to let it all go before I arrived at my in-laws, which rendered me two top 10 hardware. That was fun, but also a little scary as the roads up there definitely had some debris from the rain.
Looking at the other guys Strava, it looks like they had a good route and I hope a good ride too. Thanks to Todd and Shannon for the "escort" down to Las Pulgas, and I'm already looking forward to the next trainer with them for sure.
Cheers!
I wasn't sure I was going to be able to get a ride in this morning, but opted to ride down to San Diego for my in-laws birthday. As soon as I got up, I could tell it would be one helluva cold ride this morning feeling the coldness even within the confines of my home. Stepping out into the garage to gather some things, it really hit me how cold it was and all I kept thinking of was that scene in Dumb & Dumber where they climbed up the mountains on a scooter with snots frozen snots where I wondered if I would look like that upon my arrival.
I had planned to ride down alone, but thankfully Todd and Shannon accommodated and created a route where they could get in some partial miles with me during their century TT trainer today. They would start in Ladera and swing by my pad and then escort me down to Las Pulgas while we worked on rotations. Sweet! It's always more fun to suffer...I mean ride with team mates.
Promptly, Todd and Shannon arrived just in time for a 7 a.m. departure and I did my best to mask how I was freezing my ass off. I had donned 3 layers on top (long sleeve compression base, hydration pack base, and my jersey) and opted to wear leg warmers rather than my compression pants underneath my bib (way more comfortable for the taint...yay). Full gloves, shoe covers, and a head cover finished out the ensemble and I was good to go. Todd and Shannon were also pretty geared up for the weather as well with Shannon even wearing a face cover. With how my face felt on the first part of the ride, I was definitely wishing I had one too. While it didn't take long to warm up, my hands stayed pretty frozen for half of the ride.
Working with Todd and Shannon, it was another outing where we once again got to work on our rotations. I know I was doing my best to be mindful of power output (I'm REALLY becoming a fan of having a Power Tap) where I would try to hold a certain wattage during my pulls, but doing so is a little more difficult given the conditions. Lack of wind or tail wind, hills, etc., made it hard to keep the group together, so I think I need to get better at figuring this out for sure if we're going to succeed in January. The irony though is I sometimes think I'm not working hard enough despite the power readings, so this is something I'll have to overcome in the next few weeks.
It was great working with the guys all the way to Las Pulgas, so admittedly I was bummed to think that I was on my own after that. I was bummed both because I wouldn't get the miles they were getting in plus I wouldn't get to hang with them after. It's what I live for cycling-wise.
The good thing about being on my own after separating from the others was that I was now forced to work more and not have any more "breaks" within a rotation, which hopefully would keep me warm. I had brought more fluids than I would normally take to San Diego on my solo rides down because I wanted the weight for the training, but it also came in handy as I had fluids/calories throughout the whole ride and never once even felt like popping.
I kept a pretty good clip as I made my way through North San Diego and had a few riders latch on for a little bit. I was being very good about monitoring my power output on the way down, which was again...awesome, but as soon as someone latched on, I didn't mind kicking it up a bit just to test out their grit. Unfortunately, the 3 who did latch on weren't too gritty. I popped them off both on straights and up hills, so I didn't discriminate. HA HA. One guy passed me at one point right after the light going up into downtown Encinitas like he was trying to prove something, so I returned the favor just as soon as we got on the straight by Swamis. BAM!
I still had a lot of fluids left in my hydration pack, so I took a big swig just before making my way up Mira Mesa Boulevard heading toward my in-laws house. It sucked that I kept hitting light after light, but despite this was able to achieve PRs over times when I was on a road bike. After getting through the lights where it flattened out some, I opened it up to let it all go before I arrived at my in-laws, which rendered me two top 10 hardware. That was fun, but also a little scary as the roads up there definitely had some debris from the rain.
Looking at the other guys Strava, it looks like they had a good route and I hope a good ride too. Thanks to Todd and Shannon for the "escort" down to Las Pulgas, and I'm already looking forward to the next trainer with them for sure.
Cheers!
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