I did it

I actually got on the trainer.

And it wasn't terrible.

BTW Suntour XC Pro cold forged (110 bcd not micro-drive) 180s are STIFF mofo cranks. No flex on the 50t chainring out of the saddle. Heck the white blue barely moved. That's a stiff bike.

I went back and forth on playlists, couldn't find a good one. Wanted to do the Death Magnetic intervals, it wasn't in my Google Play music online or downloaded on the phone. Well shit, what else, settled on doing a 13 chambers workout. Wugazi. 3-4 min songs, 13 of them. Did a 15 min warmup to some random electronic mix. Then hit the Wugazi and first one high load highish cadence, mostly seated. Steady state for the first song. Recover for the next song, then did 50x11 standing for the next song, recover, repeat first one, recover, standing one, recover until album was over.

Def felt it the rest of the day but unlike racing once, and since I needed to boost recovery I actually downed a quick protein shake after the intervals, ate lunch, then showered and went on with the rest of the day.

I'm feeling it a bit today but not terribly, more good feeling than not.

Also due to chilling in the morning I had less than normal coffee amount and was wiped at 9 and even better slept super well and accidentally fell back asleep this morning (yeah was late) but holy shit it felt good sleeping. Oh so nice. Need more sleeping, maybe this weekend.

Not tomorrow - that's up early and all that - racing early is going to be strange.

But racing at about the same time of day I did the intervals yesterday, was deliberate and it felt good, even if I did them in a totally fasted (just coffee) state.

Got the bike sorted out. All clean and shiny and with gears and the old Rocket Ron tubeless tires. They did not set up as easily or effortlessly as the WTB Nanos did. They bead isn't as tight. But they seem to be holding air, and I topped them up to 40 PSI and rode that bike in today.

A mistake mostly because i was late and realized I haven't gotten sweaty riding to work in a long time, barely even in peak summer. Crossrip+ is a nice commuter bike. REALLY NICE.

And i was late today and there was a headwind.  And I made some breakfast to eat after riding in. That I barely got to eat because i was late because I made food and then left late after sleeping in later than I wanted and rode the bike that takes longer than normal to get here.

That was just fun to write. Kind of silly sure. pointless indeed.

But hey the bike switched over. It has mud tires on there. Perhaps not as legit grip and go as the Limus, but way better than a PDX, and much faster rolling on not mud than the Limus. Also way better than what was on there until yesterday.

And then I put the bike on the DS-1. Park digital scale. 21 pounds.

FUuuuuukc that's heavy.

Most of the weight is the wheels. The bars and stem aren't light, the 105 levers are beefy and the frame is the hugest they make. Most of the weight is the wheels. I did shed close to a pound, all rotating weight but swapping the tires. So that's a good thing. Maybe next year I'll get some super sweet amazing wheels built and designed by the best at an amazing price aka some Trek Aeolus Pro 3s. (gotta stay on brand right?)

From the preview shots and the overhead map the course looks like a good balance from previous years and if we get the weather we're promised it should be fun, even if it is all climbing and I'm likely going to get lapped and be last or almost last.

I debated the 40+ or the 2/3/4 and ultimately went with the former because based on crossresults points I was pretty close to DFL in both and fuck it - lets get it done early. I'll race, try not to get lapped and just have fun slipping and sliding on that hillside. I'm excited about it.

It will be a good distraction from the current politics.

Okay - lunch time is over. Even though I'm not hungry because I ate a big breakfast not long enough ago. Gotta move on to the next thing.

And that's doing something other than this.

At least I got the tires on in the correct rotating direction!

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