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Well, today wasn’t the best day ever. Woke up ready to head to Heil/Hall to ride with Kerkove, Looney and Carney. Upon exiting the shower, I was told my car had been broken into. I’m thinking, WTF?, it’s right outside the window of my bedroom. I get dressed and head out. Not good, not good at all. 2 side windows, rear window and mirror all smashed. Doors still locked, everything inside. You’re kidding?

After filing the police report and a good hour of cleaning up the road and the car, I was still frustrated. I mean, this is a quite lil neighborhood. Shit, sometimes I don’t even lock my car. Guess that’s just me putting faith into people. Sorry humanity, you just lost my hope.

In the meantime, I decided to grab my bike and ride some frustration out. I had shit for legs yesterday and did some quick hard efforts in preparation for todays supposed trail ride. I decided to head over to Flagstaff Mt and do a Field Test. It went so-so. Mentally, I was really fatigued and had trouble ‘pushing through’, when it got tough. Physically I was good for about 12 minutes then faded. I did set a best 5 min and 20 min effort, for the season. Numbers that are far higher than numbers from last season also, but I feel I can do better. All I really did was hit a few watts above my current FTP.

I’m betting with right motivation and decent legs I’m good for another 10-15 watts. My power profile is an inverted V, I have awesome 5 minute power, but just ok at 20 min. Really working on it. I think I should have just stood up for the whole 20 minutes. I put out massive power when standing and climbing, but damn if my seated power really lags. I have really a hard time getting my power up. Thus if you look at my power graph, it looks like a mt. bike power it’s erratic. Perhaps, I’ll go back, but maybe not. Might just be time to gather race data. Meh, I’ll take it, it’s superior to last season and it’s phenomenal for such early season form for me.

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