to post or not to post

I debated if I was being insensitive right now posting about the trivial stats of my workouts when so many people are dealing with major issues and many people aren't as fortunate as me in terms of access to good workout facilities.

I've concluded that anything that any of us can do that maintains a bit of normalcy in our lives must be for the positive on balance so I guess I'm going to continue to do so.  if this feels like a bad choice to you I apologize and take full responsibility for it as I'm aware how some folks may view this as a really bad move.

So, here goes:

The last 3 weeks I'd characterize as full "Virus Mode".  I'm Zwifting or riding my indoor trainer a lot every day--typically 2 rides each day.  also, I have been getting outside most days--mostly to walk/hike, but occasionally to run.  I had to skip my spring cycle of knee injections so I'm being a little cautious about running.  I'm also doing weights/stretching 3-4 X/week.

Here are the totals for the last three weeks:

Bike:  339 miles, 299 miles, 339 miles
Run/Walk: 16 miles, 25 miles, 24 miles
Time: 25:53, 25:07, 28:08

This obviously a lot of working out but feels easily sustainable at this point.  I've lost some weight and given the typical quality of my Zwift rides, I'm starting to get pretty fast on the bike.  Here is a screen shot from yesterday's Zwift ride:

We all have different context from which we evaluate numbers such as this but for me, these are pretty compelling stats for March.  Putting up nearly 200 watts on my second ride of the day, at the end of nearly 1000 miles of riding over the last 3 weeks is not my norm.  A fair amount of the ride I was above 250 watts and I spent most of my time in high Z3-Z5, and frankly, it felt pretty easy.  The TSS of 91 is my highest since IM ARIZONA.

Averaging 24.2mph isn't too shabby either but this is in part due to a fair amount of pack riding...

onward and upward!

Upon further review...a change of plans

Well, like everyone else in the world right now, we've adjusted here to a new "normal" for what feels like a pretty long time.

My working assumption is that this year will be a year with no racing opportunities and that hopefully our Kona slots get transferred to 2021.

I'm also quite aware, relatively speaking, that is a minor concern at this point.  Our big focus is on our health and that of our family and friends.  Judy and I are rather lucky in that we can hunker down relatively easily in our home here in Delaware (Kara and Marshall are at the Beach).
We have a great gym here in our house and lots of people-free outdoors to get out into.

I'm locking into a routine of sorts.  I'm riding indoors (trainer and Zwift) mostly but hope to increasingly shift outside as it warms if that is still permitted.  I've found over the last two weeks that I can readily absorb 1.5-3.5 hours/day of riding.  I'm riding every day now and did 330 and 300 miles the last two weeks.

Further, I've decided to get outside and walk or run most days (I'm targeting 6/week at this point).  This will probably push my weekly distance to 30 or so miles.  I'm also lifting weights and stretching 3-4X week for 45-60 minutes.

This roughly works out to 25 hours/week which I seem well adapted to.  I want to carefully monitor this and will cut back if I feel the least bit of residual fatigue but it seems pretty normal for me right now....

Hang in there everyone!