Pulled a muscle in my back doing weights, so I'm back on the bike again for good now. Kinda took my off-season early, as August and early September I hardly spent any time on the bike, so I'm going to try to build a solid base for the late winter/early spring races starting now.

Did the HOP Medium in Danville on Saturday, rode out from Fremont, got chewed up and spit out by the strong men at the front, then got poured on real hard. We were going to ride back for another 30 miles to round out the day, but it was raining and cold so we hitched a ride with a teammate. Still, a pretty good workout. Racked up ~240 TSS, at what I suspect is too high an FTP setting for my current level of fitness, so probably more like ~270 realistically. I'd like to start doing the HOP more often, I think it'll help me prepare for road racing. Going to branch out from crits next year.

Took Sunday off, commuting to and from work for the next few days because the car's in the shop. Planning on starting the 2x20's and SST rides again later this week. Not looking forward to seeing my 20 minute power, still feeling weak.

Still struggling with getting the weight down. I was down to 146 after food poisoning, but being on my ass so much the past few weeks has me back up to 150 again. Everything tastes so damn good v_v