No rest for the weary

OK, so another problem with evening races: the ache in the legs has little chance to dissipate, and so will make sleep difficult. I think I managed about 5 hours last night. Not nearly enough.

Since this was far from an A race, it was back to training today. My intention was to get in a good ride today, since I didn't get much yesterday. According to the calendar, I was planning to do an FTP test, but it didn't take long to decide that that wasn't a good idea. There's no way I'd be able to generate a respectable result in this condition, and if I can't plan my next month's workouts on the test result, why put myself through it? Instead, I went back to the collection of RLVs, and went through the Green Heart Classic, Part I.

Like my usual plan, I broke the work into 20km sections, picking up the intensity every section. I started at 195w, and went up by 15w every block, finishing at 240w (~80% of estimated FTP). This set a new PB for the 76.7km route, by about 2 minutes. I was struggling through the last bit, but tried to finish strong, and kept the effort where it was supposed to be. Good ride.

Then I tried to sleep the remainder of the afternoon away, and was mostly successful at that. Good nap.

Bike: Green Heart Classic RLV, Part I, 76.7 km - 2:08, 221w average