Originally Posted by
AzTallRider
FTP test this morning. Not a
PR. but much better than last time, mainly because, this time, I engaged my brain before clicking the lap button. Had a big blowout warming up, from a rough little hole in the sidewall left by a past flat. Thankfully it held during the rest of the ride, as the area where I do my testing is rather remote (mostly on an Indian reservation), and I only carry one tube/CO2.
Had to drag race a pitbull during my warm down. Owner was of an age where I didn't trust that the dog hadn't been taught aggression, so when the dog started the chase I "dialed it up to 400", and went from cruising at ~21 to ~29 before the dog gave up. I didn't sense any evil intent, and, at those speeds, it's all the dog can do to try and maintain the pace. It couldn't even bark until giving up. But it was pretty quick (briefly) for a Pit. If he were given to chasing bikes (and he isn't) my dog would make someone hit 38-40.
YIKES.....
I have a girlfriend who was knocked down just last week by a "friendly"
huge dog, a puppy, whose owner was totally clueless. The pooch wanted to play, that was all, but he was so big...OMG. Why was he off-leash?? The dog and Vera (and her new Trek Domane 6.2) came out of it okay, thank heavens.
The rains, The Pineapple Express, are here and it is epic (watch the news tonight), so I did the required 1 hour at Z2 (pace) at the gym on the spin bike. I threw in a few efforts, and felt quite good.
My PowerTap LYC
still isn't here, it was supposed to be here yesterday, and tracking now shows it arriving tomorrow. So, I used HR and PE this morning. I may have to tomorrow, as well, if it is still raining (forecast says it will be). Ex wants me to do the group ride along with a 30 minute "TT" ride (as I said). I'd hate to sit on the trainer for that long at that level of effort - but I will if I have to.