My body was feeling pretty fatigued at the start of my ride. I thought about only riding for 2hrs. I decided to climb HWY 9 and see how I felt.
On a side note, I adjusted the position of my power sensor last night. It seemed to resolve my problem with the lower than usual power reading. On my short test ride the power seemed to be reading correctly. However, I think my old SRM was off slightly because today when I was riding my power seemed slightly higher than usual. Only by about 10-15 watts. Last September we calibrated my old SRM, and the new slope actually lowered my power reading by 3% (or something like that).
Anyways, while I was riding up HWY 9 it was easier to push 300-310 watts. I don't know, it could be the bump from all the hard training from the previous weeks. Plus I always seem to ride better the day after a hard ride.
I felt pretty strong during the first few z4 intervals, then by the end I was not feeling as strong.
Once I got to Skyline I was still feeling fatigued. I considered riding to Pagemill and descending back to home. Instead to decided to descend W. Alpine and take it easy going up 84. At the bottom of 84 I decided to climb Haskins at z4. My legs were tired, but I made it to the top pushing z4 the whole way.
Then it was back down and to 84. I went up 84 to W. OLH. I just climbed in z3. From there it was down 84 and back home. I pretty much just rode how I felt back home.
Overall I had a good ride. I felt a lot better today. I think having more accurate power readings helped a lot. Yesterday it was mentally defeating to feel like I was pushing so hard and barely breaking zone 2. My body is still really tired so I'm going to take easy, or at least try to take it easy the rest of the week.
Ride Details:
Distance = 72.33mi
Work = 3211kj
Elevation Gain = 8,006.2ft
Time = 4hrs
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