One Month of Retirement

 I took off a week to start January. But, I haven't really rested on any rides yet. I did a full on Ventoux, which went nearly perfectly until two kilometers to go when my legs began to give out. I slowed, recovered, and finished fast in just over sixty minutes! I was beyond shocked. I've taken third place on the hardest of endurance climbs. I actually hit the Q on the last section (until a cheater posted a time riding seven watts per kilo at, get this, 25 kilos weight. A full grown 35 year old woman with low power and only weighs sixty pounds. Come on, don't ruin everyone's fun. It broke the record by one or two minutes? Yeah right.)

I then decided that I might do a year of climbing, similar to my training a few years ago when I rode the Alp at least once a week. I even did another double Alp, smashing my old record ( I changed bikes twice) I don't know where this is taking me. But, I am keeping some good fitness. I had a great 12 and 15 minute runs on back to back days. I also attempted a full scale attack on Watopia Hilly and got a PR. But I was almost 30 seconds slower with not much room for me to improve. The leading time is just too far out of reach. 

I'm hoping for some interesting portal climbs to come. Zwift hasn't updated me on what lies ahead. Lol, I can't keep a secret anyway. 

Love you all. 

2023 Wrap-up

 It's 2024 already. Maybe it is time to have some goals, right? Can I really do this retirement? I'm skipping a race this weekend. I just didn't find time to plan anything yet.

Just today, I decided not to race the Tour de Zwift. The stages are just too long. Stage 1 isn't that bad. But some of the next ones are long and then there's another Alp on the list. Two laps of RGV (I hate that lap)

But, mostly I started stage one and saw that hideous hat. Nope. Sorry. I refuse such offensive fashion. It isn't the first outfit I have rejected either. 

I had the idea of doing 100,000 meters of elevation this year. That is how many Alps? 95 Wow. That would be quite a hard year. I forgot to mention, I did an all out attack on Vontoux. I came as close to the goal as possible, landing at 60 minutes and 14 seconds. That's the fastest time of the year and only QOM Gardner and the Gigante are under that. I would be insane to try to do any better. Although I have one hell of a holo if I want to give it a go. However, I managed to finish the beast by setting a new time for the last section of it. I think it would be more fun to try to break only that section. Otherwise, I will race a whole hour just to fall behind in the last few minutes. That would be sad indeed. 

Some day this year I still would like to do all 11 leader jerseys on the same day. I would need an entire day literally. When, when, when? 

Stay tuned. You never know what's next.